Grassyass

I find the 400 to be a good saw I find I use it instead of a 261 , ok it might weigh more but you get through the cut quicker , From what I’ve seen of the 400.1 all the changes seem to be cost saving rather than improvements .

We have the stihl 161 top handle , and the Milwaukee both ok , I did a job for a mate who had the makita top handle I looked down my nose at it at first as it was only 100 quid , but pound for pound if you have the batteries it would be a good buy , as I was impressed with it , he loves it ,done him a year no issues,

EBay never look after the seller I’ve had it in the past selling tools people buy your item use it to do the job then say it’s faulty so you have to pay carriage both ways and they get a free tool hire , Now if you sell an item they keep your money until you request it , How much money are they sat on that’s belongs to sellers ,

Yes your spot on £5.80 is taking the piss, I worked at a fastener place when I was younger and they pay pence for them , the imperial are more expensive as they don’t sell them in Europe in the same numbers,

From what I can see the bolt is an 1/2 uncx3” .countersunk socket ,grade 10.9 , and the nut is 1/2 unc not sure what the purpose of the the flange lip is on the nut, could just be a locking collar, like an aero tight nut, It’s hard to google for nuts and bolt best bet is ring a local fastener company, the only reason not to use a nyloc would be heat could affect the nylon ,

I agree that your skin will toughen up in time & and when you’re doing the job full time the frown lines on your forehead will work like guttering ,

Yes never had a problem with them had some stuff in the last few weeks ,I know they have to buy big quantities of stihl to get good prices,so they might have to wait for larger bulk orders ,I’ve had this with stihl items in the past from different places , But when I’ve spoke to mowers2go on the phone they have always been straight,

I had the stihl raintec jacket ,let water in around the shoulder area some how & the cuffs have a fabric edge that gets wet & stays wet and start to smell , stretch ok to work in ,now have the portwest dx4 waterproof hivis , can’t fault it ,light weight, you don’t sweat to bad in it , very waterproof, better value best I’ve had for the money

We have been using the 85/86 for the last four years ,the first set of 85 went trough a motor 4 times in the first year , have the 66 as well , I think we have done 10 motors in total on 6 sets no other issues apart from that had them wet all day , the problem that dose the motor is the shaft is to thin and once the motor gets hot it bends easy, so if you treat them gently when hot they are ok ,I think they are better than petrol as they are easy on the arms and shoulders no noise or fumes in your face when using them at head height,

I have the hsa60 with the ak20 battery, we use them on topiary , as the a small and light , had them a couple of years no problems , also have the hsa100 for general hedge work got a couple of set of them both have had new motors under warranty, also have the hsa 94 ,great hedge cutters the best I’ve every used even over petrol , but the cable is a pain ,

Is it just me or have stihl bg 86 gone to pot, we seem to be lucky to get 12 months out of them before having to replace carbs and coils ,by the time you buy new stihl parts you might as well skip them unless I do the repairs myself,I’m looking for alternatives or have they all gone rubbish

I use a topdon js3000 , fantastic for the money had it twelve months never let me down ,I have a big expensive Snap on one it’s so heavy I never use it ,the little ones are great for awkward spaces ,

As I said I have done crank bearings on stihl chainsaws in the past but not had dealing with husky’s, when you google it you see horror stories of damaging cranks and casing trying to do them with out the specific husky tools ,so if it was the case of having to buy a few hundred quids worth of tools for one case it’s not worth doing ,

Thanks 👍

Thanks for that yes mark 1