Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
Doesn't the 461 have a single bearing in the rod with the pin pressed in the piston as opposed to two bearings in the piston? If so, the piston shown above if representative indicates a sizing issue at Stihl, does it not?
Ron
i believe i clearly said it represents a grenade but whatever lol i'm not sure what's going on with it. he said he has 2 ported ones and 1 stocker that has done the same thing. mine was ported and tuned over 16k for work and had a tight pin. after 130 tanks i traded it to this buddy for a 390. ain't nobody got time for that BS. in the 660 days there were hardly any dead stihls in logging camps. now that the 661/461 is out there are literally totes upon totes of dead stihls. it's pretty graphic for a stihl guy. the 461 is like any other modern saw. a single caged needle bearing and the pin is a slip fit with retaining clips. my discussion with my bud was that he can literally take that used piston and install a 460 pin to tighten everything up again. i don't know how a steel pin wears before a cast piston? leave it to stihl to accomplish the impossible