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#Post#: 53868--------------------------------------------------
Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: Giles Date: February 8, 2015, 11:39 am
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I have owned hundreds of chainsaws over the years but never
owned a Tanaka or ever worked on one.
I found a really nice Tanaka ECV 4501 on eBay at buy it now or
make offer. I did a little research and discovered they are not
very popular. I made an offer that was accepted and finally
received the saw with a busted rear handle. I contacted the
seller, gave photos, and we agreed he would refund price of new
handle. Several days later, after he contacted UPS, he offered
to give FULL REFUND including shipping and I could just keep the
saw ! ! WHAT ? ?
Unbelievable but true. This guy has sold over 4K items and has a
100% feed back.
Anyway, saw was supposed to run perfect but while waiting for
the replacement handle, I decided to go over the saw.
This saw is built like a Japanese motorcycle. Quality throughout
with nearly all screws having lock washers and flat washers.
Still had the carb restrictors so I removed the carburetor. Took
about FOUR minutes.
I was so impressed with Tanaka quality, I decided to try their
bigger saw ECV 5601. This was also top quality, even has a small
hole in the end of crankshaft to lube clutch bearing. I was
really surprised to discover neither saw had a catalyst muffler
but had carb restrictors. They both appear to be made in 2007.
Now the sad part. They are now Communist made!! --and parts are
expensive and a little hard to find.
By owning the two Tanakas, I now see why they were expensive
chainsaws.
#Post#: 53874--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: Chainsawrepair Date: February 8, 2015, 11:56 am
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Didnt they used to be Japan made and now they are made in China?
#Post#: 53877--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: 660magnum Date: February 8, 2015, 12:07 pm
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Tanaka is a very common Japanese Surname such as Smith or Jones
in the USA.
#Post#: 53879--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: RoyM Date: February 8, 2015, 12:33 pm
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I have no experience with their saws but sold the lawn edger and
ice auger. They were top quality pieces, not cheap, but appealed
to customers that wanted the best. Unfortunately, distribution
is weak in North America.
#Post#: 53880--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: Giles Date: February 8, 2015, 12:43 pm
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Yeah---The 5601 I bought was sold having a defective oil pump. I
sometimes take gambles and this one paid off. I knew before
buying that a new oil pump cost about $133 but the oil pump was
not the problem but the drive worm gear was stripped. Worm gear
was not available separately, so I made a modification to it.
I made an aluminum sleeve to replace the stripped threads.
#Post#: 53886--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: aclarke Date: February 8, 2015, 1:52 pm
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Cool fix! We had some Tanaka gas drills for cabling trees and
they were top notch very well made in Japan. Newer stuff seems
like its all China?
#Post#: 54115--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: fuzz1500 Date: February 11, 2015, 5:11 pm
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Ive always wanted to try one... But im just too uninformed on
them to spend the cash ! Love the homemade gear :)
#Post#: 54121--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: Giles Date: February 11, 2015, 6:11 pm
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Actually what I did was make a "thread sleeve". What is pictured
is the original worm gear with specially sharpened threading
tool that is centered and adjusted to maximum depth and
documented. I then removed the damaged threads of the plastic
gear. Next, I fabricated a thin ring, from aluminum, with
threads cut on outside diameter and it was pressed onto the
plastic gear.
This involved a great deal of figuring that would have not been
feasible had I been able to buy a new one.
As I stated, it was only available with the pump and cost around
$133.00.
Husqvarna has a very similar worm drive on some of their saws
and the gear is available for less then $10.00 new.
That's part of the sad part in that parts are not plentiful and
they are expensive.
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Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: Eccentric Date: March 31, 2015, 6:05 pm
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I have a little "Tas" branded outboard motor (1.2HP, weighs 11
pounds) that was made by Tanaka 30 or so years ago. Very well
made little machine.
#Post#: 56309--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tanaka ---Happy and Sad
By: aclarke Date: March 31, 2015, 10:02 pm
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Aaron, air cooled?
Adam
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