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Thread ID: 106255	2010-01-02 21:41:00	Repairing these days	Nomad (952)	PC World Chat

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844940	2010-01-03 04:39:00	An occasional missing screw is small charge for the other quality of a Husky . We used them (over 30 or so saws) in the concrete cutting and demo business in which I worked and they fired up first pull ever time and ran all day with very few problems . Stihl is good - as well as Husqvarna - but the Poulans are something of a negative in their commercial units, although OK for the Honey-Do guys .	SurferJoe46 (51)
844941	2010-01-03 04:39:00	How old is it. Do you do it's regular maintenance? I showed husband who has loved Huskys forever. Well since about 20 yrs ago when he had a bad Stihl. Our last one lasted 15 years with regular thrashing. Current one 1 year so far. It's 5 years old and has had fairly regular shop servicing, like once a year. Heat shields and screws should not fall off or come out, that is bad design. I dont know how the lower heat shield, if there was one, was retained. The upper one was pressed onto plastic pips. These obviously softened when hot and allowed the shield to fall off. There is very very little space between the plastic and the silencer, far too little. I paid more for the Huskvana rather than an el cheapo from the hardware stores thinking it would last my lifetime. :rolleyes: Er, regards R2x1 suggestion about Loctite Blue, that is just Loctite 242, which was red in my day as far as I remember, it is not designed specifically to thread lock steel screws in plastic threads, especially black "parkerized" screws. An activator would certainly be required. I'll have a look around an engineers supplies or Supercheap Auto. I'll also need a high temp silicone gasket RTV goo.	Terry Porritt (14)
844942	2010-01-03 05:43:00	It's 5 years old and has had fairly regular shop servicing, like once a year . Heat shields and screws should not fall off or come out, that is bad design . I dont know how the lower heat shield, if there was one, was retained . The upper one was pressed onto plastic pips . These obviously softened when hot and allowed the shield to fall off . There is very very little space between the plastic and the silencer, far too little . Hmm . 5 years . Still husband services his every time he uses it, the book shows how often things need to be done . Still, maybe you should ring Husqvarna themselves and have a moan, can't hurt . . . . . . . . . .	pctek (84)
844943	2010-01-03 06:11:00	Hmm. 5 years. Still husband services his every time he uses it, the book shows how often things need to be done. Still, maybe you should ring Husqvarna themselves and have a moan, can't hurt.......... All depends on what you mean by "service". I generally clean it after a hefty use, sharpen the chain when necessary, clean the air filter periodically etc I wouldn't call that servicing, that is just sensible maintenance. I'll be taking it into the specialist shop where I bought it from after the holiday and see what they say. Re Joe: "An occasional missing screw is small charge for the other quality of a Husky. " NO, that is not good enough. Screws should NOT fall out or come loose. This is the top cover showing the heat shield pop rivetted back on. www.imagef1.net.nz Notice also the plastic 'wall' just above the shield in the photo is burnt away. Not good design.	Terry Porritt (14)
844944	2010-01-03 06:18:00	Right, thanks very muchly for that advice, I must try that, wasn't aware of that grade. Does it need a primer ? I wonder why something like that wasn't applied during manufacture. Nope, no primer, doesn't lock solid, just gives a "rubbery" feel to the fastener rather like making plain threads into stiffnut style. Good on adjuster screws, and won't disebowel plastic threads when committing surgical dismantling. Crappy taste though.	R2x1 (4628)
844945	2010-01-03 07:00:00	Re Joe: " An occasional missing screw is small charge for the other quality of a Husky . " NO, that is not good enough . Screws should NOT fall out or come loose . I have Husky chain saws (2 right now) a pair of weed whackers (string type) and a Husky power generator . They all lose an occasional screw from time to time . I just keep an assortment of new ones and pop them in as necessary . It's not the plastic threads, it's the thermal expansion and re-contraction when cooling cycles that work them loose I believe . I tried a dot of RTV silicon and it worked OK - but it didn't adhere well to the Husky plastic housings very well after a splash or two of premix fuel . Maybe the BLUE LokTite would be better . It might be Husky's way of telling you to shut down and perform some maintenance when a screw falls out too . Think of that!	SurferJoe46 (51)
844946	2010-01-03 07:30:00	"It might be Husky's way of telling you to shut down and perform some maintenance when a screw falls out too. Think of that! " I can't really believe you are being serious..................	Terry Porritt (14)
844947	2010-01-03 08:02:00	Well, it is sort of similar to that what causes a visit to the doctor.	R2x1 (4628)
844948	2010-01-03 08:22:00	Well, it is sort of similar to that what causes a visit to the doctor. :) bits falling off you mean ? :) Well, Joe may be just a rough hammer and bang car mechanic used to bits falling off, and knowing no better, but I was brought up as a precision engineer, and if we had screws falling off a steam turbine, gas turbine or aircraft fuel system, or if I had designed high speed machine tools to lose screws every now and then ....well I mean to say....christ almighty....what a load of bullcrap...	Terry Porritt (14)
844949	2010-01-04 02:02:00	"It might be Husky's way of telling you to shut down and perform some maintenance when a screw falls out too. Think of that! " I can't really believe you are being serious.................. Nothing should go wrong you say!and that from a Lucas man,I thought you would have been in paradise.	Cicero (40)
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