372xp AV spring removal

[18 stoner]

Hi, so I thought I knew this saw inside out!
But! Seems I’ve a broken “tank top AV spring”!
can I for the life of me get the busted half off the tank!
Any clues to how it’s attached?

 

[SkwerI]

It's threaded on with an Allen head screw. Take the plastic mount off the outside of the spring so you can run an Allen wrench down inside the spring to remove the inner bolt. Or grab the spring with a big pair of pliers and turn it counter clockwise.

 

[flushcut]

^yep

 

[18 stoner]

It's threaded on with an Allen head screw. Take the plastic mount off the outside of the spring so you can run an Allen wrench down inside the spring to remove the inner bolt. Or grab the spring with a big pair of pliers and turn it counter clockwise.

Cheers Brian, I’ve looked inside the spring and can’t see any Allen head, just the tank moulding.
I’ll give it a bit more aggression with the pliers!

 

[Magnus]

Just ram a balled headed 4mm insex in there you will feel it. If you see tank thru hole the bottom of spring is gone...
But your eye sight must be great!

Edit!

Looked again and realized I was thinking of the smaller saws.
This spring is threaded. Twist spring, it threads out.
I snap a pic you'll see..

 

[Magnus]

Couple pics:
Threaded spring on 372:

Hex bolted on smaller saws, this one is 346:

 

[huskihl]

If you grab the spring further out, you are making it grab tighter and it won’t be likely to move. You’ll need the grab the spring with pliers so that one jaw is over the end of the spring to loosen it