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Most of your bigger trucks are left handed threads on drivers side and right handed threads on passenger side. Did the wheel bearings let go?

I’m in the market for a bigger chain saw. I have a cs-400 Echo with an 18” bar. I’ve got an excavator coming soon to clear some ground. He’s going to lay the saw log trees out for me to cut up. Need to be able to keep up with him without spending all day doing it. I know the Echo isn’t up to it. It’s too slow of a saw. I’ve been wanting a saw capable of a 24” bar. What’s your thoughts on the Husqvarna 460 Rancher? Something else?My use for the saw after this project is currently limited, but it would be used a handful of time a year. So trying to keep it a budget buy.
 
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Most of your bigger trucks are left handed threads on drivers side and right handed threads on passenger side. Did the wheel bearings let go?

I've always wondered why they do that. There is no real reason for it. If it was a single big nut concentric with the axle, I could see it, but multiple lug nuts spaced around the center have no loosening torque on them during operation.
 
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Farmer2009- if that's your only big project, the 460 should do it for you. I have a Rancher 455, 20" bar and just cut a bunch of 20-26" black oak. It did just fine. Sure goes through a lot of gas fast when running it wide open. My buddy was running a larger saw with 36" bar and wasn't mich faster than mine and he needed to fill gas more often.
I love my Husky, its my third one. If you were going to be doing that kind of work more often I would suggest something larger, but just a few days, the 460 should be good. Keep your chain sharp and have another on hand for quick swaps, will keep you going longer.
 
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I was trying to do some outside house maintenance today, think all your heat came up here, it was over 90* and I sweat at 70*. The good news is only one more day in July............

Well not "all" our heat, still 90+ here too! And I'm the same, if its 70... I'm sweating!! I go through 2-3 sets of clothes a day in the summer some times! Glad I have a pool, gotta jump in that thing to stop the sweating cycle for a while!:D
 
   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #9,145  
Most of your bigger trucks are left handed threads on drivers side and right handed threads on passenger side. Did the wheel bearings let go?

I’m in the market for a bigger chain saw. I have a cs-400 Echo with an 18” bar. I’ve got an excavator coming soon to clear some ground. He’s going to lay the saw log trees out for me to cut up. Need to be able to keep up with him without spending all day doing it. I know the Echo isn’t up to it. It’s too slow of a saw. I’ve been wanting a saw capable of a 24” bar. What’s your thoughts on the Husqvarna 460 Rancher? Something else?My use for the saw after this project is currently limited, but it would be used a handful of time a year. So trying to keep it a budget buy.


If you're going to be burying that 24" bar in wood I think you'll be disappointed with the 460 Rancher. I have a Stihl MS362 which is also 60cc but has 27% more power than the Rancher. While Stihl lists 24" as the largest bar, it's kinda slow even in fir. The Rancher's going to be significantly slower.

Another relatively low cost option would be a clean used 70cc+ saw. I got a Stihl 460 that way from a seller on a chainsaw enthusiast web site. Craigslist is waste of time, it's all flakes and scammers. The 460 will pull a 24" bar with no problem and can run a 32" bar and skip chain for the really big trees. A third option is an assembled clone saw from Huztl. Supposedly the clone MS660s they assemble are pretty good- a lot of people have had good results with them. I don't know about the Husky clones or the other Stihl clones but some research should turn up the info.
 
   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #9,146  
Now my son will be busy tomorrow trying figure out why that axle is sliding out........................
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That's a full floating axle. It's not so much that the axle is sliding out, but the hub is sliding out and taking the axle with it. The axle doesn't carry any weight - the hub does. The only thing that holds the axle in place are the flange nuts on the outer end. It looks like the big spindle nut that holds the hub in place on the hollow spindle has come undone. Has certainly damaged the wheel seal and maybe the bearings. First, remove the axle by removing the flange nuts / studs / cones and then banging the flange (on the axle end) with great vigor using the biggest hammer you can find (this could be the hardest part). Once you get the axle out, you can see what happened with the hub. Google "full floating axle diagram" for a picture or 2 or 3.
 
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That's a full floating axle. It's not so much that the axle is sliding out, but the hub is sliding out and taking the axle with it. The axle doesn't carry any weight - the hub does. The only thing that holds the axle in place are the flange nuts on the outer end. It looks like the big spindle nut that holds the hub in place on the hollow spindle has come undone. Has certainly damaged the wheel seal and maybe the bearings. First, remove the axle by removing the flange nuts / studs / cones and then banging the flange (on the axle end) with great vigor using the biggest hammer you can find (this could be the hardest part). Once you get the axle out, you can see what happened with the hub. Google "full floating axle diagram" for a picture or 2 or 3.

Yup two flange nuts with a special tanged washer thingy. The outer bearing was completely disintegrated and the inner one is still on and that's dry, probably the original ones, a total lack of maintenance for the past 50 years I'd say. He ordered two new bearings for it from a army truck place in Tenn.

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Been there done that,usually studs are marked with a L for left or R for right hand. Went through this with a HUFF payloader.

I did not that so I just went out in the garage and wire brushed the studs, me and my son knows now.... 1st picture is the driver side stud, left side, the side he's working on, the next pictures are the passenger side, right side, the side that hasn't fell apart yet........

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   / Tractors and wood! Show your pics #9,149  
I did not that so I just went out in the garage and wire brushed the studs, me and my son knows now.... 1st picture is the driver side stud, left side, the side he's working on, the next pictures are the passenger side, right side, the side that hasn't fell apart yet........

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You/he should offer a Mill Tour someday. a lot of us would turn out and you also might generate some interest from some of the locals. BYOB (Bring your own barbeque), it would be interesting.
 
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I’m in the market for a bigger chain saw. I have a cs-400 Echo with an 18” bar. I’ve got an excavator coming soon to clear some ground. He’s going to lay the saw log trees out for me to cut up. Need to be able to keep up with him without spending all day doing it. I know the Echo isn’t up to it. It’s too slow of a saw. I’ve been wanting a saw capable of a 24” bar. What’s your thoughts on the Husqvarna 460 Rancher? Something else?My use for the saw after this project is currently limited, but it would be used a handful of time a year. So trying to keep it a budget buy.
What you mean by saw log, you sawing logs into lumber with Alaskan mill? If so then need atleast a 70 cc saw, if just bucking up firewood then 50-60 cc is plenty, for that I recommend the Husqvarna 550xp the biggest 50 cc bang for the buck with 18-20" bar, the Husky 372xp will easily carry a 24" bar. That CS 400 Echo is just a 40 cc saw, very light duty.
 

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