Husky 55. Changed design or flunky parts guy?

   / Husky 55. Changed design or flunky parts guy? #1  

CobyRupert

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Does anybody know if they changed the fuel tank vent design after 1997. Internet identifies it as part (# 501 87 31-01). So I take my part number# to the dealer. He hands me a stem that is threaded, with a slit at the end. Not knowing any better (hadn't removed actual part from saw yet) I drive back home, there's 1.5hrs of my weekend shot. Take old part out, mine looks like a stem with a filter plug in it, non threaded, just pushes right out. Grrrr!:banghead:

....So....
1. Did Husky change the design? Non-threaded to threaded
2. If they did , wouldn't they change the part number? How would I order my old style?
Or
2. Did the parts guy , or whoever stocks, just pick the wrong bin and gave me the wrong part?
This what its suppose to look like:
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   / Husky 55. Changed design or flunky parts guy?
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All the links for the 55 show a non-threaded stem. I hate to be pessimistic, but I'm thinking that the wrong part I got is just another example of the screw ups that I encounter more and more. Nobody really cares if they get it right. (Though sometimes this can work to the customers benefit. I once bought a $30 socket connected to a $5 adapter for, yep you guessed it, $5. And I told the checkout that I got 2 items! But they didn't listen, and I didn't argue.)

Little more research: Flunky sold me a part # 501 62 96 01. 501629601.jpg I went into store with the part number knowing that you can't expect decent service or somebody who knows anything, and they STILL get it wrong! How much easier can you make it? :banghead:
 
   / Husky 55. Changed design or flunky parts guy? #5  
My 55 didnt have a screw in one. Mine was the push in like the 2 I posted.
 
   / Husky 55. Changed design or flunky parts guy? #6  
LOL The screw in one does not fit 55.

501 62 96 01 screw in one fits these.

· 385 (EPA) (2005-03)-->Recommended Parts, Accessories, Lubricants
· 133 (1980-10)-->Tank Assembly
· 133 (1981-12)-->Tank Assembly
· 162 (1980-02)-->Tank Assembly
· 162 (1980-12)-->Tank Unit Complete
· 181 (1982-05)-->Tank Assembly
· 181 (1983-06)-->Tank Assembly
· 181 (1983-12)-->Tank Assembly
· 181 (1984-02)-->Tank Assembly
· 181 (1985-03)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 181 (1985-06)-->Handle/Tank Assembly
· 234 (1983-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 266 (1981-09)-->Tank Assembly
· 266 (1982-12)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 266 (1983-06)-->Tank Assembly
· 266 (1984-08)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 266 (1984-10)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 266 (1985-01)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 266 (1985-06)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 266 (1986-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 266 (1988-06)-->Tank Assembly
· 266 (1989-02)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 266 (1990-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 268 (1989-02)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 268 (1990-05)-->Tank Assembly
· 268 (1991-02)-->Tank Assembly
· 268 (1993-09)-->Tank Assembly
· 268 (1997-01)-->Tank Assembly/Handlebar
· 268 K (1991-04)-->Handle Assembly
· 268 K (1997-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 268 Special (1991-02)-->Tank Assembly
· 272 (1993-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 272 K (1997-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 272 S (1995-12)-->Tank Assembly
· 272 XP (1997-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 281 (1986-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 281 (1986-12)-->Tank Assembly
· 281 (1988-01)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 281 (1988-08)-->Tank Assembly
· 281 (1990-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 281 (1991-04)-->Tank Assembly
· 288 (1988-01)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 288 (1988-08)-->Tank Assembly
· 288 (1990-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 288 (1991-04)-->Tank Assembly
· 338 XPT (2005-03)-->Tank/Handles
· 394 (1994-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 394 (1996-01)-->Fuel Tank Assembly
· 42 (1992-03)-->Crankcase
· 61 (1980-02)-->Front/Handle
· 61 (1981-02)-->Tank Assembly
· 61 (1982-05)-->Tank Assembly
· 61 (1984-01)-->Front / Handle
· 61 (1984-10)-->Front / Handle
· 61 (1985-06)-->Tank Assembly
· 61 (1988-06)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 61 (1989-02)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 61 (1991-03)-->Tank/Handle Assembly
· 61 (1993-09)-->Handle And Tank Assembly
· 61 (1997-01)-->Tank Assembly
· 66 (1988-08)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 66 (1989-02)-->Front/Handle/Tank Assembly
· 66 (1991-03)-->Tank Assembly
· 268 (1987-05)-->Tank Assembly
· 268 (1987-11)-->Tank Assembly
· 66 (1987-06)-->Carburetor Parts
 
 
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