It could be meteor, but most guys who know about 2 cycle pistons would advertise it as such. I bought an 044 piston from ebay seller Dandrikop and forgot to read the fine print. He shows you a meteor box and piston but sells a Greek espian, it's an ok piston but he mislead you into thinking you're getting meteor. He doesn't lie, but read carefully and don't expect to get the best product.
i cant say his name for fear of plugn a non sponsor. i have bougth from him before, brad gets parts from aswell. if i buy this weekend he will recieve funds right away and ill likly have the piston no later than wedsday. very fast shipping. ive been very impressed with this seller.
on the listing it does not state whatbrand nor does it have pic of meteor box.
im guesn this as woodland pro or meteor.
i think im gona pull the trigger with no response from him.
Evan
ive got bottom end for both the 10mm and 12mm saws so im out nothing if it comes one way the other when ordering 44 440 pistons. i was actualy thinkn about getn my 440 going. this one running ported top end
golf pistons arent shiny like that.
i ran gold piston in the 084 i built. i also under no fault of the piston had to tear this saw down after the build to fix a few things. i noticed no accelerated wear anywhere.
i would also consider the golf piston i used to be of good quality.
i would contrubuit ring breakage to assembly rather than the piston or rings being of bad quality. maybe accelerated wear was due to the piston being out of round. maybe aluminum transfer in the cylinder caused acelerated wear. sounds like someone tried to revive the super. trashed ring on assembly and didnt get all the transfer removed from the cylinder walls
The piston was trash, I will post pics so you can see what I mean. The rings are trash too.
His mind is set that aftermarket pistons are of the same quality as OEM across the board. So be it. Perhaps I'll try a Meteor some day, perhaps not. Personally, I'd save up the money until I could afford the OEM. I'm past the instant gratification point in my life. Now, while nothing is certain, I'd rather pay the extra as not to have and redo it once again and run the possibility of causing further damage. I look forward to your pictures.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=103261
Hope it isnt a Golf piston. im rebuilding a 28 super right now that had a golf piston. JUNK! Ring broke and trashed the top end. Piston looked new as well. You could tell the piston skirts werent machined worth crap by the advanced wear in certain parts of the skirt. I will never use a golf piston.
His mind is set that aftermarket pistons are of the same quality as OEM across the board. So be it. Perhaps I'll try a Meteor some day, perhaps not. Personally, I'd save up the money until I could afford the OEM. I'm past the instant gratification point in my life. Now, while nothing is certain, I'd rather pay the extra as not to have and redo it once again and run the possibility of causing further damage. I look forward to your pictures.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=103261
I can't believe this, but I am going to agree with bowtie. Golf pistons are flat out junk if you are going to buy a piston for an everyday runner. They might be fine for a low-budget restoration/backup saw, but Meteor is far and away much better quality than Golf. I might also add that OEM is better than Meteor. I don't think Tecomec makes pistons for the 372, but they are as close to OEM as I have seen.
I cant believe this either, but I agree with PB. Its too bad Tecomec doesnt make pistons and cylinders for more applications. i have used Meteors in a few saws and so far, good luck. I think most of us agree that OEM is the best way to go. It just stinks that most OEM products are so much higher in price.
His mind is set that aftermarket pistons are of the same quality as OEM across the board. So be it. Perhaps I'll try a Meteor some day, perhaps not. Personally, I'd save up the money until I could afford the OEM. I'm past the instant gratification point in my life. Now, while nothing is certain, I'd rather pay the extra as not to have and redo it once again and run the possibility of causing further damage. I look forward to your pictures.
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=103261
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