Thanks for the kind words! The risk with jamming the piston, is that so much force is applied, that the connecting rod breaks, or that what is being used to jam the piston breaks off into the cylinder (in the case of the plastic "fingers" that are sold for this purpose, or that the piston top gets broken. On the assemblies that have a nut molded in, a quick blip with a half-inch air impact will spin them right off. Even on the versions that require some sort of fingered tool adaptor, the other side of the tool will take an impact socket, so the impact gun is once again the tool of choice. The clutches like the one shown here, that have the notches, are designed to be struck with a steel driver, and then spun off. It's more cumbersome to do it with the camera in the way and the saw sitting up on a 4x4 so that it's better in view. Thanks for watching, and for the comment!
@@austinado16 I noped out of messing with the piston myself, so couldn't check behind the clutch, but the method you showed worked very simply for me. I just had to give a hard steel rod directed in the nook, a couple of modest taps to free the clutch like you showed. Good pace and detail in the rest of the video too. I only clicked to hear the tone of the engine as I have 435 to tune without tachometer, but got more than I bargained for :D
There's a blue grease that comes in the little push tubes, that's made for these locations. Many different versions of it available from all the typical online recourses.
Good stuff, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it, and I appreciate your comment!
Thank you. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching, and for the nice comment!
Superb details. I didn't know the clutch might be jolted off without jamming the piston, or the proper tool.
Thanks for the kind words!
The risk with jamming the piston, is that so much force is applied, that the connecting rod breaks, or that what is being used to jam the piston breaks off into the cylinder (in the case of the plastic "fingers" that are sold for this purpose, or that the piston top gets broken. On the assemblies that have a nut molded in, a quick blip with a half-inch air impact will spin them right off. Even on the versions that require some sort of fingered tool adaptor, the other side of the tool will take an impact socket, so the impact gun is once again the tool of choice. The clutches like the one shown here, that have the notches, are designed to be struck with a steel driver, and then spun off. It's more cumbersome to do it with the camera in the way and the saw sitting up on a 4x4 so that it's better in view.
Thanks for watching, and for the comment!
@@austinado16 I noped out of messing with the piston myself, so couldn't check behind the clutch, but the method you showed worked very simply for me. I just had to give a hard steel rod directed in the nook, a couple of modest taps to free the clutch like you showed.
Good pace and detail in the rest of the video too. I only clicked to hear the tone of the engine as I have 435 to tune without tachometer, but got more than I bargained for :D
@@adymode I have never tuned with a tachometer. I tune for a safe, loaded, full throttle setting
What grease do you use for the clutch assembly and what do you use for the bar tip?
There's a blue grease that comes in the little push tubes, that's made for these locations. Many different versions of it available from all the typical online recourses.
How did you pressure wash it? With solvent or soap and water?
I'm not sure if my response came through, but I only use water, and then dry them with compressed air.