stihl crankcase splitter question

[sILlogger]

yes i did a search..and i know i have seen a picture of one on here before. but im looking to purchase the stihl crankcase splitting tool or to fabricate a crankcase splitter. i called up my stihl dealer yesterday and he told me that there is a tool for the clutch side and one for the flywheel side. is this correct? long story short does anybody have any pics of the stihl tool or a good tool setup for splitting the case. ive got a 575, 066, and prolly a 385 to do shortly

 

[bcorradi]

Yes there are two tools for stihl saws ...the AS and ZS tools I think. Check out this thread for alot of good info.

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=40590&highlight=crankcase+splitting

 

[Woodie]

SAP always used the Gravity tool, but you're probably not interested in that...



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[sILlogger]

i typed in all different wordings and couldn' come up with that thread..i'd seen it before and couldn't find it. thanks!

 

[mattinky]

I use a heavy piece of angle iron with two holes drilled to fit the bar studs, another hole drilled over top of the crankshaft and use a two jaw puller to seperate Stihl crankcases. It's a trick I learned on this site - do a search and you should fine the pics of one. It works perfectly.

 

[thechainsawguy]

Case splitter.

I bought mine from a Jonsered dealer, they had two sizes, I just got the larger one, works great, was about $75 Can$.

 

[bcorradi]

i typed in all different wordings and couldn' come up with that thread..i'd seen it before and couldn't find it. thanks!

Whenever I search for most anything stihl related...I always go to the advanced search and put "Lakeside53" into the username and then type in my search criteria into the searchbox ("crankcase splitting" for this one). Don't include the quotes when you put them into the username or search box.