thomas72
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I was using one of my McCulloch sp125s to buck some 36" oak when all of a sudden it just stopped. Not the kind of stop where it loses spark or out of gas, but instant stop. I heard it and said hmmm. So I grabbed the starter handle and the engine would not turn over. I then proceeded to pull saw down on the tail gate. I removed the fan housing with the thought of a bolt backing out from the bearing carrier into the flywheel. When I pulled the flywheel off I found my assumption to be correct and what a mess. One of the bolts backed out, sheared off, and wrecked havoc on everything. I took the time last Saturday to replace the main bearing, seals, and bearing carrier. I thought I put locktite on the bolts when I put it together a year ago, but apparently I didn't. I am going to take the time and make sure the rest of my McCulloch saws have locktite too.