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my gauges are ok - if the chain were too fat, it wouldn't turn on the bar at all.  turns fine til the nuts are fastened down.

been there, done that.  should i replace the plug anyways?  I went to get a new one and a know-it-all smart a$$ at the store sold me the wrong one - if the guy is irritating,, he should at least be right, no?  it occurs to me that i should get a friend  to hold the plug next to a metal surface and crank to see if i get a spark?  or what else?

in other news, have you tried out the battery powered husky?  i'm thinking of selling the 435t when it gets better and to go battery if it is a powerful (relatively) and reliable saw.  seems like the ultimate hassle free solution.

that's beautiful!  how did you get it so clean?  and that there was no damage to the cylinder or the piston is pretty amazing.

even with the smoking, i'm real happy with the 435T and the 350 is just such a workhorse, and what a great weight to power ratio.  one thing that ticks me tho looking through this forum is seeing how many folks have issues with their mufflers falling off the 350 - happens to me too, but I think it is solved at least in the meantime - and then what sounds like Husky reps wither denying that it is a design flaw, or Husky not standing behind their product as they should.  I also have a fondness for husky saws, but people will go with better service and responsibility, and husky should know that's the bottom line.  That's capitalism, dude!  Another company with Stihl their customers :-)

this is an old thread, but scott's brush off really ticked me

hey scott, don't know where you live or what sites you check out, but the muffler falling of the 350 is probably the MOST REPORTED PROBLEM for this model.  It happens to me, too.  and it can be dangerous, for instance, if the muffler falls off while sawing (which is when it happens, of course) and the thin metal plate hits the chain,that thing can be flung and high speed in almost any direction.  Are you an official husky rep, b/c if you are, you are simply burying your head int he sand if you say that this is not a design defect.  The VAST MAJORITY  of GM drivers didn't have fatal flaws in their cars either, but that didn't mean there wasn't a design defect.  Check around and you'll see lots af folks complaining about it.

Jim, first thing to do is to make sure you have those bolts fastened down TIGHT with a lock washer on it.  some people have redrilled the holes larger and used larger bolts - i don't have equipment for that.  Dont let them BS you with what Scott is saying - look around the web and you'll see.

Hi Karla!

Ok, got the tach, Opened up the saw to wrap the wire around the spark plug wire - everything is TINY in there and could not tell one thiing from the other, but ok, got it working.  Got H to about 12,000 and L to below 3000, and went out to give it a test.  about 10 minutes in, did start to smoke blue again from the exhaust port, but really much less than before.  Be nice to get rid of the smoke entirely, but I can live with this and call it fixed, unless you have another idea up your sleeve.  Thanks so much.  The new clutch drum should be here anyday, and I'll be back up to where I want to be.

hmmmmm.... my tach doesn't do two stroke engines.  i found inexpensive tachs on ebay/amazon, but some of the comments made me think that these tachs would not work wel lfor a chainsaw.  they don't sound difficult to use - just wrapping the lead around the spark plug wire a few times.  although if i need to check clutch speed, do i need a laser tach?  can you recommend one?

and that's what I did - took it to a workshop - the fellow was the israeli equivalent of a "good ol' boy" - and he got the screw off for me.  I asked him what the secret was, and he said likely I was using a 25 when it really was a 27, said he's seen this happen often and even happens to him, if he's not being careful - they look a lot alike. 

by the time he got it disassembled, he was interested in the  problem also and went ahead to disassemble the muffler and check out the screen - he told me he'd be shocked if it were clogged, because in his long experience with Huskies, that doesn't happen much.  he said he knew the 435t real well becasue when the previous model came out he had made some design change suggestions to Husqvarna which had been adopted in the 435t.  Good ol' boy talk.

while the muffler was off i took a peek at the piston, and it was as smooth as if it were brand new.  he said the saw didn't look like it had been run much (it actually has, I've had it for almost 2 years and use it fairly regularly), and complemented me on the upkeep - first time in my life that has happened to me!

anyhow he said I should go back to the standard carb setting first to see if that made much difference.  he said the standard setting is high, one turn, low - one and a quarter turn.  this is so?  what do you think?

in any case, although he does have that "i created the internet" attitude about him, he seems more on the level than any other workshop I've found in this country.  Took no money for his time, and was cheerful and helpful.