I believe when I bought the cranks before they discontinued them I paid 58 bucks if I could get that out of it I can stuff it in a flat rate envelope for another 8 bucks . I myself am a certified Stihl tech working at a Husqvarna and Stihl dealer, I as previously mentioned have installed these Italian tecomec cranks in the above mentioned transmission line clearing company’s saws. The company has the most abusive ramrod hammerheaded clowns you can imagine . If these cranks were junk I’m sure one of these clown operators would have found out in short time . If I had to guess hours I would put these saws with tecomec cranks somewhere around 400 to 550hours by now considering the cranks were installed almost two years ago now. These were all installed in old style 372xp saws not the newer x torques . The company switched to running Stihl ms461 after having a few of the 72x torque clutch crank bearings **** the bed, some actually spun the outer race of the bearing eventually wallowing out the case = junk . Best part was husky tried to weasel out of covering by warranty! Husqvarna quality is seriously in the tank lately. As a tech working with both brands I see the best of both worlds. Each company has their issues but at the end of the day Stihl is twice as professional about dealing with their issues, where it seems Husqvarna could care less lately!
