Why is it so difficult to buy carb kits for Stihl equipment? I was told that Stihl actively stops companies from selling these. I prefer rebuilding carbs vs Chinese or OEM. Trying right now to find a carb kit for a BG55 blower, seems impossible
I had a guy at a parts counter mention this, that Stihl has some % ownership in zama, they reduced the price of carbs (still $35 though) and made the kits unavailable.I heard Stihl is limiting the availability of certain kits through zama. 261 and 201 are some. I don’t know if they are going to go after old models. You could buy China carbs and take the kits out of them probably cheaper.
@ham
Do you know what the carb model is? The IPL seems to indicate it would be a Zama C1q variant.
http://www.zamacorp.com/partstypes.html?types=C1Q
The last time I ordered one, I went by I believe what stens sold, and the diaphragm was missing a hole. I ended up cobbling together a "kit" from an old Chinese carb and the stens kit. This time I'm trying oregonThen Stens site says you have to be a dealer.
The RB-99 is the right kit.
Have you thought of punching your own hole in the necessary place? The other hole shouldn't matter if it is blocked. This punch set might work https://amzn.to/3rH0gGqThanks, that is what my research from last time showed, and I ordered this earlier this year:
https://www.stens.com/615-221-carburetor-kit
However the holes (particularly the "middle" hole) in the diaphragm didn't line up. Even though the carb clearly says "s68g" on it. I'm going to take the carb apart and to my dealer to see if they can match something up. I know it's cheaper/easier to just buy a new carb, but I have had REALLY bad luck with the Chinese carbs, and even a stihl carb is 1/3 the cost of the entire blower
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