395xp chainbrake is killing me!

[firtree]

I took apart the chainbrake on my new (well used) 395 to replace a broken
two-finger spring, and when I try to put it back together I just can't get it to work. I don't
have the 395-specific manual, but using the common service manual and the
IPL I got it apart safely and mostly back together. So I have the killer spring on
the stud and its cover on, but now I can't find a way to put the handle on in a
way that will allow me to disengage the brake. I don't know if the spring inside
the handle is interfering or what, but if I position the handle such that I can
get the bushings and screw in, the double fingered spring blocks the clevis pin.
If I go over or under the spring, compressing it, I can get it together, but I
can't get the handle to budge. I have been at this for several hours and was
really hoping to be cutting today. Help!

 

[firtree]

Well now I know how the original spring (501 87 47-01) broke. I just broke the
fingers off on new one trying to get it together. Alas, I just bought the only
one for 20 miles around. It looks like I'll have to order another, and with the
holiday on Monday I am out of commission until late next week.

 

[firtree]

Solved!

I was cleaning up a couple of saws bound for Craigslist last night when I noticed
that the little Husqvarna 137 has the same chain brake mechanism! I carefully
pulled the bushings off and saw the two things that were giving me grief.

FYI:

1) The end of the spring in the brake lever itself must be jammed in between the
"finger" spring and the metal tab when the brake is engaged. A word to the
wise, do NOT take apart the brake while it is engaged.

2) The pin is only a bearing surface against the brake mechanism, it does not
hold anything together. It goes over the "fingers" of the funky spring.

 

[Brmorgan]

Yeah those brakes can be a nightmare to work on. I still have a 288XP brake/cover that's complete but doesn't work properly because I could never really figure it out.

 

[jockeydeuce]

Yeah those brakes can be a nightmare to work on. I still have a 288XP brake/cover that's complete but doesn't work properly because I could never really figure it out.

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one that's happened to......I've got a 288 one scattered that I can't get working again either.....What a pain in the butt!

 

[spudulike]

Join the club - had the same problems on my 254, broke the same two fingered spring but got the thing back together in the end - only God knows how but it worked fine in the end - I wish you luck and advise safety glasses when working on springs under tension!

Spud

 

[pioneerguy600]

Oh man you guys are killing me , those Huskie brake handles are a walk in the park. LOL
Pioneerguy600

 

[funky sawman]

:agree2::agree2::agree2:

 

[jockeydeuce]

Oh man you guys are killing me , those Huskie brake handles are a walk in the park. LOL
Pioneerguy600

Probably is once I get the first one right....LOL:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Brmorgan]

Probably is once I get the first one right....LOL:hmm3grin2orange:

Ya it wouldn't be the first time I could say that about something I've tried. That 288 brake is the only one I've ever worked on and I had no IPL etc. to go by, just looked at everything and tried to figure out how it worked by logic.