Chainsaw Repair

Where do yo guys get your aftermarket parts for something like this, and who makes decent ones?

There's a significant variation in quality amongst the after market parts. Even one person reporting how good his part is from one company, then you buy the same part from the same company and it has to be massaged before it will work.

I bought a operator presence throttle lever for a Husqvarna 372. It was of a familiar after market brand. I had to sand the width down and then file the latch part where it interfaces with the trigger to get it operating smoothly and not hanging up.

The other day, I was looking at a big bore piston that was in one of my 372's for a short while. Upon close examination, there had been a problem with the bevels on the edges of the ports in the cylinder. Specifically, looking at the piston wear patterns, there was a problem on the cylinder with the shape and bevel along the top of the exhaust port and the vertical sides of the intake transfers towards the exhaust ports. The piston was removed/replaced with a Meteor piston made for a 064 and the cylinder was ported so most of the problem was eliminated?

Meteor brand pistons and Caber rings are well respected after market brands. Yet cut4fun and I were comparing a Meteor piston for a Poulan with the OEM piston and noticing little differences here and there.