066 Carnage!!!! NOT for the weak at heart!!!

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bigblockburris

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Is the case actually cracked or is it just dented where the rod hit the deck? If it's not cracked, then it can be fixed with that Titanium putty from McMaster-Carr. The stuff is like $16/tube.

The cylinder looks like a stocker, and the piston looks OEM? So my vote, like the others, is a wrist pin circlip failure.

You are correct. 100% stock OEM Stihl parts.
 
Tree Pig

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Yeah man, rebuild her, its not that hard. Make sure when you go to get parts, you get the right ones. Looks like the poly flywheel meaning you have a newer 066 with the larger diameter crank. Too bad to I have a good 066 crank its smaller threads but you should be able to find stuff and the work is not bad once you get the case split
 
kevin j

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I would think a clip or pin moving and catching a port would cause cylinder damage, and damage to end of pin and difference damage in the piston.

Can you see fatigue marks across the broken rod?
My guess is the middle of the rod broke first and everything else is damage from things flinging around really really fast.
 
struggle

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MY guess is something in the flywheel area let go locked up the flywheel/sheared the key and the lock up broke the crank and the rest happened.

Possibly the starter mechanism grabed the flywheel?
 
Bowtie

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Sorry that case wont work man, but if Jacob J. says it can be repaired, I would take his advice. That man is very very knowledgeable on his saw stuff.

Good luck, and please post back with pics as you rebuild that 066!
 
RiverRat2

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I would think a clip or pin moving and catching a port would cause cylinder damage, and damage to end of pin and difference damage in the piston.Can you see fatigue marks across the broken rod?
My guess is the middle of the rod broke first and everything else is damage from things flinging around really really fast.

that sounds logical!!!!!
 
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