Chainsaw Repair

Great info guys.  What's the minimum # of units (of a custom piston) that Wiseco will do?  About what do they charge per unit?

I was thinking the min order to start was 24 then min from there 12 for reorders.  Ed or Lee you should know for sure.

1 offs Vince Loy used to make but it was way up there.

making a piston the outside by far is the easy part, its the inside thats the hard part as everything is tapered but not on a even taper and cutting under the piston bosses is alot of fun on a taper , the outside of the piston is also tapered and not round its oval so when the piston grows in size from the heat it becomes round , First piston took me 24 hours to make and I never got that time under 20 hours as I donot have CNC, Wiseco does the outside of the piston in about 30 to 35 seconds and does 2 at a time but I think there machines might cost abit more than my lathe 

Hi Aaron,

Ive already inquired with Ed to add the Husky 2100 piston to his list because I know I could sell 20 of them.
But as Ed reminds me...these will not run in stock Husky jugs, the rings will peel the plating off.
I don't know about the Homies but unless customer wants to send jug to get replated for 300 bucks, 200 dollar piston is of no use.

they have rings to run on chrome bore but they are not making any more of them so its old stock, same with the 60mm you can buy the ring to run on chrome bore , Wiseco doesnot make a ring to run on chrome bore in  the 52mm piston

Hi Aaron,

Ive already inquired with Ed to add the Husky 2100 piston to his list because I know I could sell 20 of them.
But as Ed reminds me...these will not run in stock Husky jugs, the rings will peel the plating off.
I don't know about the Homies but unless customer wants to send jug to get replated for 300 bucks, 200 dollar piston is of no use.

As long as they're replicas of the stock 1100-2101 Husky 'thick ring' pistons, 2100CD rings are easy to get.  Just regular 56mm 1.5mm thick rings.  Cabers and stock 394XP rings are fine.  Would there be any other reason why the pistons you're talking about can't be ran in an OEM 2100CD bore?

NOS rings for the Homelites are still around.  Equivalents can also be gotten from Otto and Hastings if needed.