namesray
Platinum Member
blocking up firewood today with my husqvarna 350 and the muffler finally fell off. i have been fighting with it for about a year now. it started with the muffler bolts backing out. i tried lock tite (the high heat type) and that didn't work. finally i tacked welded the bolts fast. this was working until i started to notice the whole muffler wiggling when operating. finally fell off tonight. now don't get me wrong, i love husqvarna saws and this saw has been a great saw. i have had it for about 3 years now and have cut well over 400 face cord of fire wood with it. that's wedge/fell, delimb, and block up. a lot of cuts/use. it doesn't owe me anything.
to my question. anybody out there think i should get the muffler replaced? i lean towards doing this, but my biggest fear is that from all the use, the bolt holes in the engine that the muffler attaches to are ovaled/wore out and even the fix would start working loose and i would just have a headache on my hands. what do you think? is there a good way to fix ovaled out holes? the saw still runs good. and i have a good heavy duty bar on it with quite a few custom length chains i just bought. maybe the bar/chains fit on a new one? just wondering what other's thoughts are. thanks in advance.
to my question. anybody out there think i should get the muffler replaced? i lean towards doing this, but my biggest fear is that from all the use, the bolt holes in the engine that the muffler attaches to are ovaled/wore out and even the fix would start working loose and i would just have a headache on my hands. what do you think? is there a good way to fix ovaled out holes? the saw still runs good. and i have a good heavy duty bar on it with quite a few custom length chains i just bought. maybe the bar/chains fit on a new one? just wondering what other's thoughts are. thanks in advance.