Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
Mike's a ****'n hack. every saw he built for me creates so much saw dust it's rediculous. all over in the eyes and everything. i'm so sick of it i'm thinking of going back to stock 
It is with great sadness that I report.......
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Hillary and now you. That is classified information you are showing there. Better check the fine print on Mike's sales form. Ron
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
I know we're all joking, but just in case somebody gets the wrong idea, Mike builds a great saw. I'm a PPP (ported saw punisher), not a PPP (ported saw polisher), so this thing got ridden hard and put up wet for 2 years prior to a weird bearing failure. It was the saw gods, or the operator, which killed this beauty.
Trent Curtis
ArboristSite Guru
Holy....... That saw was (sadly using past tense) a beast!
SierraWoodsman
ArboristSite Guru
Hope the 390xp he's doing for me runs like that. Really looking forward to getting her up and running.
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HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
And my elbow too
That too. Maybe we should open the chamber before you put it back together.And my elbow too
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Is there something to the intake port I'm missing? Just wondering why it's not rounded out. Like a nice oval shape? Just curious.
The intake is shaped that way to make room for the intake screws.
Mike's a good guy and ports a mean saw. Sorry to see that one let go, sounded mean in the cut!!
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
There's a screw hole on each side where the block intake/carb screw in. Also, the impulse "line" comes out just below and left of the intake and runs thru a PITA channel thru the plastic block and into the carb.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
I see. I've never had a 288 torn apart. I figured there was a reason.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
288's are a fun novelty, and are probably better built than the 385/390, but there's no way I'd bring the 288 over my 385 for a full day's work
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Some good news. Took off the recoil and wiggled the flywheel a bit, and out came a gnarly chunk of bearing. The crank turns freely now, and no unexpected play. I ordered a new meteor piston, and found an OEM 288 wrist pin bearing. I'm gonna flush the case a bunch, bevel the port edges roughened by the debris, and put it all back together.
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Thanx Mang! I might even throw in a base gasket.
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
You should have used more yamabond on the bearing to hold it together .
Or bought that 044
I can see 230 psi putting some strain right there ,get well soon 288 ,if the crank seals are easy to get to ,may pop those out if just going to flush the case to make sure all the debris gets out of there .Sometimes stuff gets on the seal side of the bearings .
Or bought that 044
I can see 230 psi putting some strain right there ,get well soon 288 ,if the crank seals are easy to get to ,may pop those out if just going to flush the case to make sure all the debris gets out of there .Sometimes stuff gets on the seal side of the bearings .
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
Good idea. The flywheel side is easy, the clutch side not so much. I'll see if a gasket can take it below 200psiYou should have used more yamabond on the bearing to hold it together .
Or bought that 044
I can see 230 psi putting some strain right there ,get well soon 288 ,if the crank seals are easy to get to ,may pop those out if just going to flush the case to make sure all the debris gets out of there .Sometimes stuff gets on the seal side of the bearings .
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
Even if 210 will help a little ,was the 230 cold or hot ?Cold will read higher usually .
