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Originally Posted by TreeGuy
224MV. You obviously know saws, but I must respectfully disagree with your opinion here (please keep in mind that this opinion is worth exactly the cost of the paper it’s written on. Lol)
If you look at the clutch pic again, you’ll see the broken off piece at approximately the 1:00 position. You should also take note of the heavy pitting on the edge of the clutch drum, yet the internals are perfectly unscathed. A pure bearing failure would look different, no? Blowing up from the centre...
Further, if you look closer at the scratches at the 10:00 position of the crank casing, you’ll notice how deeply the cuts are and how the plastic has been ripped upwards violently TOWARD the crank. That’s not even mentioning the other damage. Classic evidence of something metallic being wound in and around a crank shaft.
I’ve pointed SS to a quality dealer I’ve had over 20 years of dealings with as a ‘Hail Mary’. With all that being said, it most certainly doesn’t mean that the damage is directly related to the clutch failure. But it sure as hell gives the dealer a damn good reason to not honour the warranty. Hopefully it works out. Ultimate though, the evidence clearly suggests that something ugly got sucked through that saw. It happens. I’ve done worse. Haha.
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Treeguy, you obviously know saws as well and good on you for taking the time to look at the saw and helping out a fellow AO member. You’ve been able to look at the saw so I’d say your opinion is quite valuable.
I would think that if something did get sucked in there to cause that much friction and heat that it would of still been in there, like wrapped around the crankshaft kind of thing. Hard to say though.
The marks on the clutch drum I thought might of been caused from it hitting the Torx screw for the oil pump closest to the bar studs but I can’t tell for sure by the pictures.
I hope it works out for SS with the warranty but I have my doubts. I’m not sure if a clutch drum bearing failure would qualify under warranty but I was hoping to give him some good ammunition for when he took his saw back in
Lots of great posts from everyone on this one