Case splitter

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Hi, I brought a copy of the husky case splitter (still wasn’t cheap!) but found when splitting the ms 260 it knocked against the case getting it in and chipping the paint on the inside of the crank top. Has anyone got any feedback with how effective the stihhl case splitting tool is instead?

 

[Brent Nowell]

Send it to me, I don’t mind knocking off a chip of paint to get the job done

 

[cus_deluxe]

ive never used the stihl type that works of the bar pad, but ive seen em work. seems like it has to stress things comin apart but obviously it must not be that big of a deal. im trying to visualize what your problem is, never messed with a 261 so not sure what it looks like

 

[pioneerguy600]

Hi, I brought a copy of the husky case splitter (still wasn’t cheap!) but found when splitting the ms 260 it knocked against the case getting it in and chipping the paint on the inside of the crank top. Has anyone got any feedback with how effective the stihhl case splitting tool is instead?

The Husky style will make certain the bearings stay in the case, the Stihl style will pull the case apart but the bearings may stay on the crank requiring a separate bearing removal tool to pull the bearing off the crankshaft. I make my own case pullers and have the correct bearing removal pullers so its a non issue for me.

 

[TheAMMIXman]

Hydraulic press anyone??

I almost bought the Stihl tool not to long ago but recently aquirered a small 12ton press. I set myself all up with blocks and shimms each time around to move this and not that and so far it has done the job. Maybe I’ll need the tool someday but for now this has met my needs well.

There could be some instances or saws I am not aware of where a case splitter tool may be necessary. I do not know.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

To make it clearer, when the inside jaws on the Husky style jig are slipped inside the crank case, because the space is tight in the ms 260 it needs to be jiggled in and it’s inevitable you be hitting certain areas and it chips the paint on the inside where these red dots are. It’s not a big deal. But I don’t want to be damaging the saw unnecessarily.

 

[Gord404]

I have both types of splitters, rarely use the one that bolts to the bar studs but it does get used on certain models of saws.