Retaining Ring

There's not much out there to tear the machine apart. I previously replaced the input gear assembly which meant taking everything apart. I was careful to take photos of how things looked before disassembling and that helped somewhat. It's not hard, you just need to be observant how the wires tuck into the slotted recesses so they don't b ... Read more ind when re-assembling. Housings may need some wiggling and jiggling to get aligned but if everything's in its place the exterior housings enclosing the motor assembly and the larger shells will go together nicely; if the parts don't seem to be going together right there's something in the way binding it up. If I had to do the entire process again it probably would take about 30 minutes but I'm slow at these things and it took more like an hour or more. Good news is the chainsaw works like it should with a new motor. I have one body screw left over that goes somewhere and that's a little troubling but not losing sleep over it.