BadHusky50
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The 460 runs good after they are modified. But,they need alot of work on the jug and piston. The combustion chamber alittle big on the 460's. The 044's are the best stihl built. They will make a fast hot rod.
Rich, don't be dogging Elux for making a heavy saw!RAHTREELIMBS said:I have nothing against the Husky 385 except that it heavy than the 7900 or 460.
Too many people see the 7900 and the 385 as a good comparison, I don't. For the added weight the 385 offers nothing over the 7900!
The failures I have seen in the local shop are mostly big end rod bearing failures, but there are also a few crank bearing failures on the 372 and 385.ehp said:The 385's that I have seen with bearing trouble were on the lower rod bearing , the cage would break but Husky warrantry took care of it, they sent a complete new bottom end for the saw as long as the top end was ok, if not they got a new saw.
Russ is correct on the oil , guys using abit more oil didnot have the trouble and around here alot of 372's have had there crank say see you later but they are most of the times guys running 50-1 oil ratio, the guys using husky oil at 32-1 seem to not have any trouble
Whe are talking about the same bearing,Ed. FWIW at least two of the 385's with bad bearings I have seen where less than a year old.ehp said:Lower and big rod end bearings somehow I would think are the same bearing, the bigger rod end is the lower end of the rod correct?, The 385's that I seen have problems were the earlier saws I have seen none of the new 385's with the same problem.
Toneman said:Rich,
What should you do to the carb as far as adjusting it when converting to a 32:1 ratio?
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