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Post by jerseyhighlander on Jul 3, 2019 13:14:06 GMT -5
Decided to buy one of the right washers as the thinnest one I had was a little too thick. Figured I'd try Ebay and this was one of the things that came up under the 69138 number: Think I will go with the one Leon has, even if shipping is a little more than the part itself! Does the watch say Homelite on it anywhere? ?
Re; Leons site. Browse through the Super 2 section and build up the order a bit. Get yourself a few spare duckbill valves to keep on hand, air filter or two... There's always something you wish had ordered later.
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Post by ken8831200 on Jul 3, 2019 16:04:06 GMT -5
Pics would be helpful. I can't imagine not being able to repair the crank (eg some work with a cutoff wheel to bring the groove back) enough to hold a snap ring. Well here is about the best picture I could get: This was after using a fine cut-off wheel in a Dremel tool to clean up the groove a bit. I don't have the original retaining ring at this time so I will have to wait till I have the new one to make sure it fits the groove, don't want to make it too wide. If someone has one of the original retaining rings maybe they could measure it with some calipers and give me the dimension and I could use a feeler gauge to check the groove. It's not the best looking in the area the clutch drum needle bearing runs but I'm hoping that it will work for a while. Assuming that when cutting there is no movement in that bearing and the clutch shoes will be taking the load it might last for a time.
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Post by jerseyhighlander on Jul 3, 2019 16:41:19 GMT -5
Mine measures exactly .040 thick & between .350 & .356 inner diameter, depending on where you measure.
Just one thing to note when you install it. The ring should have one edge sharp & one slightly rounded. The rounded edge should face in, the sharp edge out.
What you've got there dosen't look bad at all. I wouldn't worry too much about the face where the drum bearings sit. Like you said, the bulk of the action is when they are moving as one. Looks to be at the far outer edge too. Just make sure anything in that damaged area is below everything else, as in, no burr or raised area. Have somebody holding the saw on a bench when it's running and just touch it with a really fine machinist file, should be more than enough.
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Post by undee70ss on Jul 3, 2019 18:32:13 GMT -5
Be sure to lube the bearing with some high temp grease. The bearing probably got dry which caused the damage.
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Post by jerseyhighlander on Jul 3, 2019 18:58:58 GMT -5
Be sure to lube the bearing with some high temp grease. The bearing probably got dry which caused the damage. Good point.
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Post by ken8831200 on Jul 9, 2019 10:05:33 GMT -5
Well got the retaining ring and washer. Groove in crankshaft was too narrow for ring so I used the small cut-off wheel on Dremel to widen it out. Aparently while widening the groove also managed to make it a bit deeper. Now with sprocket and washer installed then snap the ring over the taper rig is loose in the groove!
Guess only thing left is to run it as is and see if it holds.
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Post by jerseyhighlander on Jul 9, 2019 21:25:33 GMT -5
Well got the retaining ring and washer. Groove in crankshaft was too narrow for ring so I used the small cut-off wheel on Dremel to widen it out. Aparently while widening the groove also managed to make it a bit deeper. Now with sprocket and washer installed then snap the ring over the taper rig is loose in the groove! Guess only thing left is to run it as is and see if it holds. I wouldn't think it would be a problem being a little loose with the groove being too deep. But this is why I prefer files, it's a lot easier to be precise, a little at a time.
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Post by ken8831200 on Jul 10, 2019 8:49:28 GMT -5
Well fired it up yesterday and made about half a dozen cuts across around 8 inch logs and ring was still holding the washer on. Too dang hot and I sure don't need the firewood today. When we get a little cooler weather I'll attack a couple dead trees and see how it holds up.
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Post by ken8831200 on Nov 12, 2019 19:37:30 GMT -5
A little update on the Super 2.
It seemed to be holding up good so far then I went to use it last week.
Recoil was not working right had to play with it a bit to get cord to retract. So I removed side cover and found the rope pulley groove was distorted on one half and binding on the rope.
No spares so I decided to try something. I wedged to groove open in the tight section and then heated with heat gun. Let it cool and it seemed to stay opened up. Reassembled and saw started after a few more pulls than I would like, but it has been sitting for a few weeks.
Had a tree that was about 95% dead down near, about 20 feet away, the power lines along the road. As luck would have it this tree was curved just a bit in the direction of the wires. Wrapped a 5/16 cable around the tree about 15 feet up and then hooked the come-a-long to a tree about 50 feet away and pulled some good tension on the cable then cut the tree off about three feet up, at that height trunk was about 10 inches. Good news is tree fell the way I wanted it to so did not have to call the power company! Bad news is it just caught a half dead apple tree so I had to relocate the cable and encourage it off that. I was not going to stand under the two trees and try to cut it loose.
Went back the next day and cut it to lengths I could load by hand in yard trailer to move up by wood shed and splitter. Wouldn't you know had two more cuts to make on the small end of the tree and when I went to restart the saw the knot on the rope at the pulley end came undone. It's been in that saw for maybe 15 years and it picked that time to come undone?
Well that's a project for some other day, and now we are getting a bit of early snow so snowblowers are getting the work out for now.
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Post by rowdy235 on Nov 14, 2019 21:44:34 GMT -5
That's typical of one of my projects, almost done when something goes wrong! Sounds like time for a new starter rope, pretty easy project that can be done indoors where its warm
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Post by ken8831200 on Nov 15, 2019 7:05:49 GMT -5
That's typical of one of my projects, almost done when something goes wrong! Sounds like time for a new starter rope, pretty easy project that can be done indoors where its warm Very true, seems like it happens way too often! Just need to measure the diameter of the rope and length and see where the nearest shop that stocks starter rope. Just checked the weather forecast next two weeks and they are calling for rain, showers and even freezing rain just about every day. So maybe I don't need to rush into fixing the saw after all. Have enough wood in wood shed for this winter and maybe even next!
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Post by 5terrysupersaws on Nov 15, 2019 16:07:04 GMT -5
Just need to measure the diameter of the rope and length and see where the nearest shop that stocks starter rope. SUPER-2 IPL:24983 , indicates starter rope size is #4 and is 30 inches long.
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Post by ken8831200 on Nov 15, 2019 19:08:48 GMT -5
Just need to measure the diameter of the rope and length and see where the nearest shop that stocks starter rope. SUPER-2 IPL:24983 , indicates starter rope size is #4 and is 30 inches long. Thanks now if this head cold will let up maybe I can get the ambition to fix the saw. No real amount of snow in the forecast for almost a week so I can't use that excuse!
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