Reminds me of 2 ported saws I had across my bench. Fixing for owners that had only been ported for 6 months. Different saws but similar looking type work.
- here is the story on the piston/cylinder damage.
saw was bought new, ported when new.
soon after buying it the crank bearing went out. It was shipped back to the builder and replaced under warranty. owner was told about damage to the P&C but that it cleaned up and would be fine.
When it came back from the bearing replacement it still didnt run right and got sent back to the builder again. this time it received a new carb and shipped back. still didnt run right so it got set on a shelf with a disgusted owner for a time. The owner finally decided it was time to do something with it and get a useable saw so that is where we find ourselves today. Unfortunately i did not recieve dates or copies of the correspondence with the builder so some of the time frame and details are unconfirmed but the builder acknowledged the bearing and carb replacement to me.
Aside from the obvious, something isnt adding up... Why would the builder get the bottom end warrantied but not the piston and cylinder? If I was the saw owner I would not have accepted the saw back the first time with a fluff and buffed P/C if the crank was warrantied.nope. crank bearing failure....builder sanded the cylinder and piston to smooth out the damage and reassembled it.
that's the point...there was nothing warrantied through the factory. whoever built this saw had to eat the lower end rebuild...he did everything in his power to not eat the top end as well.. my opinion.
I find it interesting that it is ok for a builder to come on the forums and post all kinds of neat pictures of their work drumming up business but when they do very poor work and they know when it is not good no body wants to mention their name. Sounds like double standard to me.
I dont totally disagree with your comment however there are things we just dont know. Its possible that the saw owner knew the level of "porting" and mods that was going to be done on the saw and thought the price he was paying for the service was acceptible. I dont think its fare to pin a name to the saw without allowing the builder to speak up. With that being said, any comments saying that the builder is a dealer is pure conjecture at this point.I agree, I think the name of the builder should be made public. This is horrid work and people that are thinking of having work done to their saw in the future should be spared the headache of having being ripped off in this manner.
I dont totally disagree with your comment however there are things we just dont know. Its possible that the saw owner knew the level of "porting" and mods that was going to be done on the saw and thought the price he was paying for the service was acceptible. I dont think its fare to pin a name to the saw without allowing the builder to speak up. With that being said, any comments saying that the builder is a dealer is pure conjecture at this point.
I cant answer to Husqvarna or jonsered...but with stihl, no...not all warrantied parts get called back. its up to the service reps/distributors to call warranty parts back. we are told to hold the parts for x amount of time and after that we can discard them. so if this saw manufacturer is like stihl...it would've been a gamble for the builder/dealer to try and warranty the cylinder through the factory.I am unfamiliar with warranty work... does the warrantied parts have to go back to the factory? I thought the shop makes the call if it is warranty work and they do the work but am unaware if the parts go back to the company. That might help clear things up some.
true...if the builder is the dealer he could've probably got the lower end covered by the factory warranty... but he wouldn't be able to get the top end warrantied...so I guess that was my point, he would've had to eat the top end...which he obviously didn't want to do and reused the cylinder.unless he's a dealer. dealers can pull strings to get things warranted. most dealers won't for modified saws which is why it is evident that the builder is the dealer himself. there was a thread not to long ago about this. this is an easy one to figure where it came from. i'm not about to drop any names though.
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