Thanks for uploading this! I'm currently disassembling a Husq61 for the same issue, the crank bearing retainer cage came apart and got mangled up by the shaft...I'm currently taking a lunch break before splitting the cases.
Awesome if you run into any snags let me know and if you get it together and your crank wont spin easily dont worry it will need to be centered. Also be very careful cleaning off the old gasket as to not remove any material from the crankcase cause if you do you will get leaks in that spot
I do have the 61, 266, 154 and 345. All look and run great, in family since new, and fairly low hours. I never heard of the mains going bad before. How would you know before damage is done? Is this from using wrong oil or ton of hours? Love my old saws and always used Husqvarna oil and want to keep them running. At least when old saws were bought they bragged that ignition was covered for life. Thanks for the video and am subscribing.
In these older saws they used steel cages over the bearing balls so failures were less common than today's husqvarna. Most of the time I've seen something "cause" the bearing to fail its actually running the chain waaayyy to tight and dull for to long or tons of hours of use. Newer saws like the 550xp and 562xp use bearings with plastic cages in the bearing so you can imagine how well they work under hard use. The "lifetime" ignition is actually 10 years after the last one was made IF your the original purchaser
@@Coakleyfixedit207 Thanks for the info. It's amazing that the saws run at all once the bearing and seal start to leak. It's really sad that the companies save a few pennies using cheaper bearings on what should be a good product. My Harleys did the same using cheap cam bearings so you want to pull the cheap nylon cage and install quality Torrington needle bearings. Thanks for the great video.
@@jefffrayer8238 no problem, if you have any questions never hesitate to ask, it's not just chainsaws I opened up a 34 hp Kawasaki engine the other day that the cam gear was a 6" plastic disk with teeth bolted to a metal cam
Thanks for uploading this! I'm currently disassembling a Husq61 for the same issue, the crank bearing retainer cage came apart and got mangled up by the shaft...I'm currently taking a lunch break before splitting the cases.
Awesome if you run into any snags let me know and if you get it together and your crank wont spin easily dont worry it will need to be centered. Also be very careful cleaning off the old gasket as to not remove any material from the crankcase cause if you do you will get leaks in that spot
I do have the 61, 266, 154 and 345. All look and run great, in family since new, and fairly low hours. I never heard of the mains going bad before. How would you know before damage is done? Is this from using wrong oil or ton of hours? Love my old saws and always used Husqvarna oil and want to keep them running. At least when old saws were bought they bragged that ignition was covered for life. Thanks for the video and am subscribing.
In these older saws they used steel cages over the bearing balls so failures were less common than today's husqvarna. Most of the time I've seen something "cause" the bearing to fail its actually running the chain waaayyy to tight and dull for to long or tons of hours of use. Newer saws like the 550xp and 562xp use bearings with plastic cages in the bearing so you can imagine how well they work under hard use. The "lifetime" ignition is actually 10 years after the last one was made IF your the original purchaser
@@Coakleyfixedit207 Thanks for the info. It's amazing that the saws run at all once the bearing and seal start to leak. It's really sad that the companies save a few pennies using cheaper bearings on what should be a good product. My Harleys did the same using cheap cam bearings so you want to pull the cheap nylon cage and install quality Torrington needle bearings. Thanks for the great video.
@@jefffrayer8238 no problem, if you have any questions never hesitate to ask, it's not just chainsaws I opened up a 34 hp Kawasaki engine the other day that the cam gear was a 6" plastic disk with teeth bolted to a metal cam
good vid well done i am doing a 268
Magnesium is not a ferrous metal.
You're right, I must have my terminology mixed up