Another 562XP

[SawTroll]

Sgrizz the 555 is small mount and there's not a techlite for it that i've heard of. If there is I want one.

The 555 and 562 probably make most of us forget the 346 ever existed. :msp_tongue:

Absolutely not! oke::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

 

[mdavlee]

A 346 is just a orange wild thing anyway.otstir:















:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[mweba]

What I'd like to see is a 555 with the transfer covers off a 562 go head to head with a 562. With the slightly lower base compression of the 555 crankcase, the 555 would tend to have a broader powerband than the 562. Throw in a couple more of degrees of blowdown to lift the cutting speed and a modified 555 would have very broad powerband could out perform the 562 for general woodcutting.

My thoughts are the same. I have found it easy to make a 359 walk on a 357 even without the stuffers.

 

[mweba]

A 346 is just a orange wild thing anyway.otstir:















:hmm3grin2orange:

O man no you dun it

 

[mdavlee]

I had to. I just couldn't resist starting that up on monday morning.:hmm3grin2orange:

Paul needs to get up and post more pictures of the 562 to get us back on track.

 

[HEAVY FUEL]

I had to. I just couldn't resist starting that up on monday morning.:hmm3grin2orange:

Paul needs to get up and post more pictures of the 562 to get us back on track.

The fun starts when you wake up heading for the ditch!! Most people hit the brakes and get stuck, the rest of us keep our foot in it so we can get back out! That 562 is prolly all faded by now anyways!

 

[sunfish]

I got mine with a 3/8 .050 bar and thought it was the large mount ? How can i tell which it is ? I am use to stihl bars so i am lost on this one and i can call the guy who sold it to me but i figure i ask here first . I dont have the bar number in front of me , i will have to get it after work. Please school me on this one . thanks .:msp_unsure:

555 = small mount Husky.

562xp = large mount Husky.

Nothing wrong with the small mount and is what I want, but no Tech Lite in small mount.

 

[SawTroll]

555 = small mount Husky.

562xp = large mount Husky.

Nothing wrong with the small mount and is what I want, but no Tech Lite in small mount.

560xp is also small mount, and the weight is as the 555.

 

[sunfish]

560xp is also small mount, and the weight is as the 555.

And I would already own a 560xp if available here.

Good news is, a 562xp w/20"tech lite is same weight as 555/560xp w/18"solid bar.
:msp_smile:

 

[Terry Syd]

Mdavlee, I should have been more explicit, I was thinking about the INSIDE of the covers. It would be informative to see/measure the differences in the depth of the covers.

After doing the 450, the 555 covers don't look they would be that hard. A person would have to drill a couple of holes through the middle of the cover, then take a Dremel and open up the back the rest of the way. Essentially, you leave the sides alone and just remove the area in the middle that is restricting the flow. It looks more like you put a slot in the cover when you look at it from the outside.

With the middle of the cover cut out, you epoxy some fibreglass across the hole with some GB Weld - that becomes the new inside for the back of the cover. You then just add fibreglass and GB Weld where it needs it and shape the inside.

If the thickness of the metal in the cover is 5mm, then you have increased the depth of the cover by 5 mm when you glass over the hole/slot. However, you can go further in depth if you keep building up the outside and grinding it out. It looks like taking out the back would be more than enough, it might even be too much. Perhaps just porting the cover to the right dimensions is all that the 555 needs. If you broke through, then glass it over.

On the 555 it would be easy to find the proper dimensions - just measure the inside depth of the 562 cover. On the 450 I had to measure the area of the port opening and then work my way back down into the crankcase, gradually opening up the area of the tunnel as I went (a tedious job that is unnecessary on the 555).

Opening up the 555 covers is very do-able.

 

[mdavlee]

Just by that picture it looks like the 555 cover would have to be added to by the JB weld or something like that to be as deep as the 562 covers. It shouldn't be too hard. I would think a sheet metal cover could be made to go on top of the original after you ground it out as deep as needed. Epoxy around the edges and drill holes so the bolts hold it down.

 

[hamish]

I have been thinking of that as well, but I doubt there is a large enough difference to care about....

Yet from a cost standpoint the Techlite is over double the cost of a laminate bar here in Canada. A new nose is near the cost of a new laminate bar, and most bar rails are shot before the owner ever considers changing the nose. Guess it all depents on the wood one is cutting.

 

[SawTroll]

Yet from a cost standpoint the Techlite is over double the cost of a laminate bar here in Canada. A new nose is near the cost of a new laminate bar, and most bar rails are shot before the owner ever considers changing the nose. Guess it all depents on the wood one is cutting.

Yep, but the Techlite looks a lot cooler! :biggrinbounce2:

I have a 16" Pro-Lite in Husky colors on my 560xpg so far, but will likely add a longer one at some point, not sure what it will be though......

 

[J.Walker]

Now that you finally got the 562 Jred can release the 2260!!

Great I'll take the Jonsered 2160 and a Husky 562xpg.

 

[sgrizz]

555 = small mount Husky.

562xp = large mount Husky.

Nothing wrong with the small mount and is what I want, but no Tech Lite in small mount.

Thanks sunfish . I stopped by my dealer and asked him what the differance was and showed me the large mount and small mount bars . I know now . good thing i didnt go and order the bar or i would have to go and buy the 562 to use it :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[TommySaw]

I know now . Too bad i didnt go and order the bar or i would have to go and buy the 562 to use it :hmm3grin2orange:

ftfy:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Terry Syd]

Mdavlee, the fibreglass was all I needed on my covers. When I pulled the fibreglass cloth across the slot it made a nice flat surface to work with. I put another layer of fibreglass and GB Weld over the first layer to give it more strength. I haven't had any problems with it.

The crankcase stuffers will push the powerband up higher on the 562. However, there is another way to increase crankcase compression at higher revs - increased flow. If you can pack more mixture into the crankcase, the compression goes up to flow faster through the transfers.

If a person matches the intake and strato timing they will increase the flow without decreasing the potential crankcase compression. The strato butterfly on the 555/562 is larger than the carb, so it offers good potential to increase flow by matching the strato timing to the longer intake timing. Further, if the carb is bored to 14mm, that will also increase the top-end flow.

The reduced transfer flow of the stock 555 covers simply shifts the powerband down lower on the 555. However, the potential is there to make some significant improvements with fairly minor mods to the covers, piston cutaway, carb and a few more degrees of blowdown. I think its possible that a modded 555 could become the preferred work saw when compared to a 562.

It would be informative to see how a 562 jug runs on the 555 cases. That would give an indication of how much the crank stuffers shift the powerband.

 

[HEAVY FUEL]

My thoughts are the same. I have found it easy to make a 359 walk on a 357 even without the stuffers.

O man no you dun it

Speakin of dun doin it!!!

I hear ya, should of never trusted a saw salesman named pele!!!

 

[weimedog]

And I would already own a 560xp if available here.

:msp_smile:

Will the Jonsered 2260 effectively be a 560XP? Just with a better looking color?

 

[mweba]

Speakin of dun doin it!!!

I hear ya, should of never trusted a saw salesman named pele!!!

You have no excuse! You've met the man and still took stock in what he said:hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange: