As followers of this series will remember I bought a 52cc Chinese chainsaw off of eBay for $94 shipping included to see if they are as bad as everybody that seem to have never owned one says they are.
Three cords or so into cutting fresh green big red and white oak the clutch spider came apart. Replaced the clutch for twelve bucks off of eBay. An hour into running it after that the Carlton chain broke. Twenty minutes after replacing the chain today the saw locked up. Cursory inspection tonight without a complete teardown tells this old pro-class go kart racer that the rod bearing is history.Probably taking the crank with it.
The long and short of it is that the sucker was a lot of fun to cut with. Not something ya want to recommend to your father in law or parole officer reliability wise.
Actually I think I am gonna order another one. I have three more to go through before I have invested the money that a 52cc Husky would cost.
Said I would tell it good or bad, and it ain't good.
Three cords or so into cutting fresh green big red and white oak the clutch spider came apart. Replaced the clutch for twelve bucks off of eBay. An hour into running it after that the Carlton chain broke. Twenty minutes after replacing the chain today the saw locked up. Cursory inspection tonight without a complete teardown tells this old pro-class go kart racer that the rod bearing is history.Probably taking the crank with it.
The long and short of it is that the sucker was a lot of fun to cut with. Not something ya want to recommend to your father in law or parole officer reliability wise.
Actually I think I am gonna order another one. I have three more to go through before I have invested the money that a 52cc Husky would cost.
Said I would tell it good or bad, and it ain't good.