Chainsaw Repair
Husqvarna - Stihl - Poulan - Jonsered - Dolmar chainsaws and more => Husqvarna => Topic started by: Old Iron Logging on July 14, 2015, 09:11:28 pm
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Thinking of getting one of these. Anyone with some hours on the 543? Know of 5 550's locally that have had the crank break on clutch side. Is this a wide spread issue? I have put 1000's of hours on 242/246/346, are the new ones as tough?
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I picked up a 543 at the local dealership the other day and my first thought was it looked and felt very consumer grade.
The MS241 with the 63PS b/c is alot more impressive.
My three 550s I use as supplied saws for the last 3 years of speed cutting competitions are holding out great with no issues what so ever and they get abused.
Last February mens and women's competition it was 55 below windchill and they didn't miss a beat ;D
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I have a 241 now. We sell them with a .325 setup. May stop at the Husky shop and look at the 550.
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My local dealership sells both Husky and Stihl. He sells the 261performance kit which is a packaged two loops of 63PS and a Picco rim sprocket for $99. The package looks like it would hold a 16" bar, but no bar inside.
He's selling them like hotcakes.
He had 4 new 562's with the new style fuel/oil caps last week , yesterday only 1 left.
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Are the new Husky fuel caps interchangeable to older models since they still screw in like normal?
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AFAIK I've been told they are but do not have any myself to know for sure.
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Are the new Husky fuel caps interchangeable to older models since they still screw in like normal?
Thread on the husqvarna flippy caps. http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/husqvarna-%27flippy%27-caps/msg24899/#msg24899
another with pics from 2013 also http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/more-flippy-caps-sort-of/msg15217/#msg15217
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My local dealership sells both Husky and Stihl. He sells the 261performance kit which is a packaged two loops of 63PS and a Picco rim sprocket for $99. The package looks like it would hold a 16" bar, but no bar inside.
He's selling them like hotcakes.
He had 4 new 562's with the new style fuel/oil caps last week , yesterday only 1 left.
261 performance package does include a bar, 2 chains and rim. It does on the east side anyway. We sell two loops of 63PS and Picco rim for $46.00.
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Thanks for the update. I thought there should have been a bar in that kit on display. Someone must have robbed it.
Bar, 2 chains and a rim for $99 is decent priced, probably why he's selling so many of them.
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Thanks C4F. I had thought that was how they were set up. Why didn't Stihl do something like that! ::) I still like them on mine but that design does look better.
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I picked up a 543 at the local dealership the other day and my first thought was it looked and felt very consumer grade.
The MS241 with the 63PS b/c is alot more impressive.
What if putting a 63PS chain on the 543XP? In what level, would that neutralize the preference for the MS241C-M? Or for the 550XP(G).
What else are the major missing features of the 543XP, if any?
Consumer grade feeling?
AutoTune?
Anti Vibration implementation?
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Mitch inside the husky 543 http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/inside-the-husqvarna-543xp/
other threads http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/husqvarna-543xp/
http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/543xp%27s-on-the-way/
http://chainsawrepair.createaforum.com/husqvarna/zenoah-4300-redmax-4500-husky-543/msg43229/#msg43229
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Are the new Husky fuel caps interchangeable to older models since they still screw in like normal?
Yes!
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I picked up a 543 at the local dealership the other day and my first thought was it looked and felt very consumer grade.
The MS241 with the 63PS b/c is alot more impressive.
What if putting a 63PS chain on the 543XP? In what level, would that neutralize the preference for the MS241C-M? Or for the 550XP(G).
What else are the major missing features of the 543XP, if any?
Consumer grade feeling?
AutoTune?
Anti Vibration implementation?
The 543xp is a Zenoah design, not a true Swedish Husky. Major mistake imo, as it is lacking in several areas, compared to the 550xp design.
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SawTroll nailed it on the head there......Zenoah design.
Also the 543 has a small 7 spline rim sprocket.
It won't take a 63PS Picco chisel chain as the only Picco rim sprocket available is a mini 7 spline what the 241CM and 261 takes.
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Since Oregon sells the 91VXL chain, I would expect they also has a suitable rim sprocket fitting Husqvarna and others.
91VXL and 63PM and 63PS are thereafter interchangeable, given a suitable 0.050" bar also is available.
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That would seem logical......but Oregon does not sell a 3/8-LP rim. They sold a nine spline 3/8-LP six pin rim at one time. These (and the .325-7 and 1/4-9 nine spline rims) were for the proprietary nine spline drums sold for the Poulan XXV series and a few other saws.
The only other floating 3/8-LP rims that I know of are those sold by Stihl for their proprietary 'mini' seven spline drums...
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for the price and weight in hands. I don't think the 543 makes sense its not enough lighter to justify the loss of power.
David
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Art , if you can find a new 346 I would go that way before buying a 550 in your air , at least you can adjust the carb on the 346 when the air pressure raises or drops like it does at your place about 5 times an hour , the autotune willnot keep up when that big of a air pressure swing and you will end up running to rich