"Jim Wilkins" wrote in :

"Steve B" wrote in message
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Looking at the Husky 455 chain saw, called the rancher. Lots of
sellers have factory reconditioned goods. Or manufacturer
refurbished. What exactly are these? Returns? Buyers remorse?
Just a lemon that wouldn't run? How much hesitation is there to
buying a chain saw that is factory refurbished? Would you buy one,
or go the extra hundred or so for new?

Steve

My Husky 350 is owner-refurbished, several times. The starter and
clutch springs break too easily, the kill switch wiring failed, the
oiler-to-bar rubber seal went bad and a muffler gasket leak burned a
hole into the oil chamber, a $125 repair part. I plugged the hole with
Permatex and made a stainless steel heat shield instead. It's a good
saw -when it works-.

I installed the starter cord as instructed, so it pulls tight one turn
before the spring bottoms out, and I'm no big Swede. The broken spring
snaps without deforming and appears to be two laminated pieces that
break separately. I tempered a broken one to 520F but it still
shattered just as easily.

So I bought a Stihl as backup and the first time I loosened the bar
nuts one stud backed out. I had to saw a screwdriver slot in the end
to hold it to remove the nut.

I used a McCulloch 3216 for ~ten years without a hint of trouble,
until I loaned it to the landowner who let me cut firewood.

That can't possibly be true. After all, Husky and Stihl are the only chain saws worth buying,
and McCulloch is junk. Just ask Steve. He knows all about chain saws.

;-)