Beware Husqvarna 350 cylinder kit from CustomChainsawParts on eBay

[KennyPete]

I purchased this kit to throw in a buddy's 350.

When I received it, the port castings were rough so I cleaned them up a little with a dremel.

Assembled as normal, no run, <90psi compression. Passed vacuum test. Took it apart. Removed base gasket and measured squish @ .032 - reassembled anyways, compression barely hits 95psi.

Contacted seller, stated my problem and everything I did to it. They said since I smoothed over the port imperfections I ruined it and it is not returnable. They escalated it for eBay review.

So buyer beware. Don't admit to doing anything. Just say its junk and you want to return it.

 

[KennyPete]

As you can see, other than some transfer from the ring there is nothing wrong with the cylinder (other than squish area being too large). I also included a pic of the solder I used to initially measure squish. It did not even touch the top of the cylinder with everything torqued to spec and no base gasket

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[HarleyT]

You should have returned it if it was not right.
I'm with him on this.

 

[wcorey]

Try a better quality ring, Caber or oem. It should do better than 95psi even with twice that squish.

And yeah, you alter it, you own it...

 

[HarleyT]

What is even worse, will be your online smear campaign.
These threads shouldn't be allowed here.

 

[grizz55chev]

You should spend a little more time cleaning before reassembly, show some pride in your work. As mentioned before, a caber ring will probably fix the compression problem.

 

[KennyPete]

I wasn't out here to smear, just saying buyer beware.

I should have made them replace it when it showed up with casting flaws, that was my fault.

 

[Chris-PA]

It does not look like your solder is at the outer edges of the bore/squish band, so if you got 0.032" there it may be less at the outside. I have a saw with 0.032" squish that runs great - depends on how large the combustion chamber is but that looks pretty small. The cylinder looks OK, so I suspect the problem is something else.

 

[KennyPete]

I am going to throw a caber ring in it as someone suggested above and see if it will run.

 

[HarleyT]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HUSQVARNA-3...N-CYLINDER-KIT-NEW-44MM-BOX2936-/231830945429

Is this it?

 

[HarleyT]

You paid too much.....

 

[grizz55chev]

You paid too much.....

Lol!

 

[Big_Wood]

looks chrome lined to me. if it is i wouldn't run an F cast caber in that cylinder. be sure to get a softer ring like the hyway split groove rings for example. they work good as any and break in fast but don't last as long. much better for that delicate chrome.

 

[nenicu]

You can shave the lower part of the assemby to change the squish. Check Mattyo's clips on the H 350.

 

[brad ruch]

Slide the ring inside cylinder and see what ya get for end gap.