Justsaws
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Flywheel side nut is righty tighty.
Clutch is righty loosey.
Put impact on to remove clutch and if the flywheel nut is snugged up poorly to the flywheel, the flywheels momentum will transfer to the nut and loosen it. When that happens the flywheel will spin on the crank sheering the key. There are some other things that can happen but the flywheel/nut situation was the most reproduceable.
Good impacts are a adjustable, as are air compressors.
I have never unintentionally broken a rod, bearing, piston, or cylinder with an impact.
I have seen a broken 084 cylinder with a rope coming out of the sparkplug hole and loooooots of bent rod and busted piston from ropes and stops. I am usually trying to buy those saws, typically they are cheaper.
Clutch is righty loosey.
Put impact on to remove clutch and if the flywheel nut is snugged up poorly to the flywheel, the flywheels momentum will transfer to the nut and loosen it. When that happens the flywheel will spin on the crank sheering the key. There are some other things that can happen but the flywheel/nut situation was the most reproduceable.
Good impacts are a adjustable, as are air compressors.
I have never unintentionally broken a rod, bearing, piston, or cylinder with an impact.
I have seen a broken 084 cylinder with a rope coming out of the sparkplug hole and loooooots of bent rod and busted piston from ropes and stops. I am usually trying to buy those saws, typically they are cheaper.
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