foche911
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How good is quality of the Big Bore kit sold by Bailey's? I am sure there are some out there who have run this for awhile? Tell us all your experience.
I'm looking at ebay and I see a 54mm Big Bore kit that looks similar to Baileys's. The cylinder is black and the piston is coated black just like the pics of Bailey's. Then I see a 52mm kit that is not coated black. Does anyone know about the quality of these? I think I read that Bailey's said that two companies in Tiawan were the only ones making cylinder kits for the Dolmar/Makita. I read in another thread I think the guy was from Australia that he had a kit that the quality was better than Bailey's? Has anyone used these other kits and what's the quality like?
Looks like Bailey's big bore kit, the cylinder is black and the piston has a black coating on it. Forester as a kit the cylinder is not black and no coating on the piston- its 54mm like Bailey's. Forester MAKITA®
Here's another kit on ebay that doesn't have black coating either, but its a 52mm. MAKITA DCS 6401 7301 7901 CHAINSAW CYLINDER PISTON | eBay
Anybody know anything about these other kits?
Heres a video of mine. I put it in this summer and no probs with it yet.
Did you have to adjust the carburator after the swap?
I put a Forester kit on one of my 6401's. Fit and finish was as good maybe better than the NWP kit which I have to go on the other 6401 or 665 Solo I bought. Only have 10 min. on the saw. Had to do very little cleanup on piston windows casting in cyl. ports was smoother than the Mahle cyl. on the MS460 I'm building. I would buy another Forester kit if this one works out.
Shep
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