Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
heck, Brad would be over 60 if he had to wait that long :greenchainsaw:
Your bearings and seals are how old? and you ran the saw in wood for how long to determine "perfect"... lolol , oh well... each to his own. I guess "restore" means something different to each of us. If I intended to keep a saw forever, I know what I'd do. :greenchainsaw:
Here's something to keep you interested:
In the post box now, I don't think it will go anywhere over the holiday period. You'll get it end of next week at best.
I am with Brad on this one, Andy, but it prooves also how solid your saw tech reputation is. My experience with these older Stihls is that they seem to run forever. On all the 30 year or older Stihls that I brought back to life, I have not replaced a single set of bearings yet. Most of these saws were firewood cutters only and have not seen the pro logging abuse you see daily in your neck of the PNW. And these older Stihls were slow runners compared to todays saws, probably oversized enineering as well.
Looking at the collection Brad has, there's also little doubt he will use it intensively to cut wood...
Maybe just my age.. I no long go for immediate gratification!
see you even threw a grub screw in there
You mean like a 660 P&C hiding under the shroud of a 07S?
Done a bit more ferreting on the seals.
Mine is marked:KACO DF in addition to the dimensions. Looking here:
http://www.supaseal.co.uk/oilseals.htm
Shows that KACO DF translates into "R4", which in English means "metal case, single lip". For an oil seal, I would guess that it doesn't matter whether the case is rubber covered or metal covered (indeed on cars it seems to be random for the same seal), so I will go with the R21 version.
Right, the 07S Parts Saw will be re-bearinged and sealed for the princely sum of £10 ($20).
(I hope someone finds this useful one day....)
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