Why no aftermarket poulan clutch covers

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I’ve got two of the gray craftsman/poulan saws here. Both run good, but suffer from the same problem with the chain adjuster broken out of the front of the case.

These are older ones with the chain brake and handle built into the clutch cover.

Why isn’t there any cheap aftermarket parts for these saws? Only ones I could find were the purple ones from the wild thing and they were $80-$90 which is crazy. Lots of cheap parts for all the other clutch cover styles, but not for these ones?

Any other clutch covers that will fit these days? Husky 137 maybe?

 

[cscltd]

You could probably find decent used on eBay as alot of those are like bic Lighters. toss it when the fuel runs out.

 

[uniballer]

I think it is just economics. How many of these clutch covers could be sold - AKA where is the market for these parts?

Unless somebody has access to the original injection molds/tooling it would be very expensive to make the first part, although it would be cheap to make many thousands. How many hundred are you personally willing to buy?

 

[wrcho]

Look up "poulan clutch cover" on the **bay site. Find the "china" ones. Look closely at the picture for the "PP295, PP4620" covers. Compare the top edge and corner where the clutch lever is. If the picture matches what you need, then get this one. I tried to get a clutch cover for an older Craftsman 46cc saw. Instead, I got a cover for a PP260, which is the one you are looking for. Hope this helps

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I ended up finding some Chinese Partner 350 clutch covers that should work.

 

[Tomos770]

Partner 350/351/352/370/371 clutch covers should work....

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Partner 350/351/352/370/371 clutch covers should work....

Thats what I ended up ordering.

 

[NSEric]

Oregon used to sell a bar with a chain adjuster in it for cheap small saws with broken chain adjusters.
I havent seen one in a while dont know if they're still available.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Oregon used to sell a bar with a chain adjuster in it for cheap small saws with broken chain adjusters.
I havent seen one in a while dont know if they're still available.

I have several of those bars. Not a big fan.