I recently rebuilt an MS360 that was gifted to me after the dealer botched it. I was showing it off to the P.O. and he mentioned that he has an 084 "with the same problem", offering it to me. He's not particularly mechanical, so Lord knows what that actually means! But I'm toying with taking him up on the offer of another "free" saw...
I have now rebuilt 3 saws with Meteor cylinder kits, which I first tried based on recommendations from this forum. They do seem to be OEM quality and performance. But it seems Meteor does not make a cylinder for the 084. Google reveals a company called Cross Performance makes a nikasil cylinder kit for the 084. Comes with Caber rings (which are owned by Meteor), but I can't seem to find a manufacturer's website anywhere, so I suspect they may be a Chinese badge brand.
Looking for actual experience with that brand cylinder kit on that model saw, I came across a post on a different forum that concluded "Firstly I will say that the quality is very good. It woult [sic] work perfectly as a mildly ported bolt on option if your toasted your 084 and would work well. Its fits and bolts on with no issues at all." The poster seemed to have some experience building performance saws. However, he elected not to use the CP kit, opting to port an OEM cylinder instead, and put it on a shelf untested.
I came across another thread on a different forum wherein an owner who had never rebuilt a chainsaw used the Cross Performance 084 kit and the saw grenaded during the first run. He posted some pictures showing damage but it's not clear if the broken piston bits were the cause or the result of something else. The thread dies before he ever took the bottom end apart.
How about it, has anyone tried this kit and if so, what's the good, the bad and the ugly?
I have now rebuilt 3 saws with Meteor cylinder kits, which I first tried based on recommendations from this forum. They do seem to be OEM quality and performance. But it seems Meteor does not make a cylinder for the 084. Google reveals a company called Cross Performance makes a nikasil cylinder kit for the 084. Comes with Caber rings (which are owned by Meteor), but I can't seem to find a manufacturer's website anywhere, so I suspect they may be a Chinese badge brand.
Looking for actual experience with that brand cylinder kit on that model saw, I came across a post on a different forum that concluded "Firstly I will say that the quality is very good. It woult [sic] work perfectly as a mildly ported bolt on option if your toasted your 084 and would work well. Its fits and bolts on with no issues at all." The poster seemed to have some experience building performance saws. However, he elected not to use the CP kit, opting to port an OEM cylinder instead, and put it on a shelf untested.
I came across another thread on a different forum wherein an owner who had never rebuilt a chainsaw used the Cross Performance 084 kit and the saw grenaded during the first run. He posted some pictures showing damage but it's not clear if the broken piston bits were the cause or the result of something else. The thread dies before he ever took the bottom end apart.
How about it, has anyone tried this kit and if so, what's the good, the bad and the ugly?
