cmsmoke
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Maybe I missed it in another thread. I'm just fanning the fire!
The new Husqvarna "flippy" caps
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Maybe I missed it in another thread. I'm just fanning the fire!
chadihman
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NOOOOOOOOOO Stihl flippy caps work fine if you have a brain. I once didn't have a brain and got wizzed on but I soon got my brain back and fixed that problem with no flippy cap problems since.
I think Stihl caps are fine and the Husky caps will be fine also as long as the handle is strong enough.
cmsmoke
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I believe Husky did this because the AS site has been fairly quiet lately...Now we have something to discuss or cuss about!
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
id much rather have caps that dont need a bar wrench to open up ,hate the ones on my 660,the husky design looks nice
Bingo
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Husky almost flippy caps
Actually those new caps look pretty good. Bad thing is sooner or later one will break then a new thread will go after em. I've never had a problem w/my Stihl flippy caps though....Line em up (it helps to actually look at them while doing this), drop em in, twist...done. Someone should do a vid on how to put them in. Some of these guys seem to have a problem w/putting a square peg in a square hole.
Actually those new caps look pretty good. Bad thing is sooner or later one will break then a new thread will go after em. I've never had a problem w/my Stihl flippy caps though....Line em up (it helps to actually look at them while doing this), drop em in, twist...done. Someone should do a vid on how to put them in. Some of these guys seem to have a problem w/putting a square peg in a square hole.
flippy cap is it an improvement
I hope when they designed the new cap, they raised it enough so when you take it off, saw dust does not fall in the tank like it does now. The engineers that recessed the cap so the dust collected around it is higher than the opening needs to cut some wood.
I hope when they designed the new cap, they raised it enough so when you take it off, saw dust does not fall in the tank like it does now. The engineers that recessed the cap so the dust collected around it is higher than the opening needs to cut some wood.
These caps do not sit flush, they stick out over the entire circumference of the cap at the tank.
No but they do make for some heated debate.
The flip cap will last fine, i have one on a test saw that has 1000 tanks of fuel through it, he hasn't broken it yet.
Well in excess of 500 hours of cutting time...................how did you figure that out?
opcorn:Sabertooth
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Thank God. I was thinking Stihl at the tittle and almost lost it.
Fine idea. Easier to twist in place. No problem here.
Fine idea. Easier to twist in place. No problem here.
dingeryote
Blueberry Baron
Husky added a moving part where none was needed.
Stihl added 3 moving parts and relied on ramped locking surfaces, that do not self adjust for wear.
The ramped thread has been around, since the Egyptians were sitting around betting on which sow the Boar would mount.
Flippy caps suck purely for the insult to progress.
I'm not sure WTF the point of the new Husky flippy turneys is, other than bieng tool less.
No, at first look, I ain't a fan.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
Stihl added 3 moving parts and relied on ramped locking surfaces, that do not self adjust for wear.
The ramped thread has been around, since the Egyptians were sitting around betting on which sow the Boar would mount.
Flippy caps suck purely for the insult to progress.
I'm not sure WTF the point of the new Husky flippy turneys is, other than bieng tool less.
No, at first look, I ain't a fan.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
Originally Posted by spacemule
But, the only similarity between the two is the flip up grip. They are completely different in operation. The Husky version is nothing more than a standard cap with a handle on it. To say they are "pretty much the same" is way off the mark.
And I really don't see the point. I have never had a saw that I couldn't remove/replace the cap by hand. I can't see where that flip-up handle adds anything useful.
Harry K
But, the only similarity between the two is the flip up grip. They are completely different in operation. The Husky version is nothing more than a standard cap with a handle on it. To say they are "pretty much the same" is way off the mark.
Exactly.
For me the big plus is as you already mentioned: They fully interchange with the old caps and users can pick which ever they prefer.
And I really don't see the point. I have never had a saw that I couldn't remove/replace the cap by hand. I can't see where that flip-up handle adds anything useful.
Harry K
Well in excess of 500 hours of cutting time...................how did you figure that out?
Lets see...the test saw comes with a book and each time you fill the saw up you write it in the book, when you are done you add up all the fill ups and get your total.....
I don't get it either. Why re-engineer this part of the saw?
To give the customers what they want
The fact that they are interchangeable doesn't lock anyone into a certain choice, so if you prefer one over the other it's entirely up to you what you use 
Who needs caps, I just whittle out a sassafrass plug for mine, can't figure out why they bother to put threads in the hole.:rolleyes2::rolleyes2:
Grande Dog
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Howdy,
It seems to me that I read, or heard that the reason for the flip top is so the operator can more easily refuel without removing gloves.
Regards
Gregg
It seems to me that I read, or heard that the reason for the flip top is so the operator can more easily refuel without removing gloves.
Regards
Gregg
