machinisttx
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The replacement boot and handle came in today, and I happened to get off a little early. I tore the gray saw(first gen) apart and tried a pressure test. That didn't go so well, as it wouldn't pressurize at all. I figured out the reason as soon as I started to take the handle off. The boot was ripped at the handle almost 3/4 of the way around. To make a long story short, I found out why the IPL doesn't list the boot separately.
Here is the original handle. There is a ridge around the hole. I guess they figure that would make it seal better. The flange of the boot had a relief to match.
And here's the new one. No ridge around the hole. Sorry it's blurry, I would have taken a better one had I thought to check the quality and not assumed it was ok.
This gray saw seems to be cured now, but I didn't have time to do a good pressure test on it. I'm going to have to submerge it to find where it was losing pressure. I suspect it was at the exhaust port. Crank seals, impulse line, and boot didn't show any bubbles.
Now I gotta get back to the orange one. Hopefully I can just buy the boot for it.
Here is the original handle. There is a ridge around the hole. I guess they figure that would make it seal better. The flange of the boot had a relief to match.
And here's the new one. No ridge around the hole. Sorry it's blurry, I would have taken a better one had I thought to check the quality and not assumed it was ok.
This gray saw seems to be cured now, but I didn't have time to do a good pressure test on it. I'm going to have to submerge it to find where it was losing pressure. I suspect it was at the exhaust port. Crank seals, impulse line, and boot didn't show any bubbles.
Now I gotta get back to the orange one. Hopefully I can just buy the boot for it.