Anyone drill and tap in drain & fill plugs on chaincase yet?

[Crossfire12]

I don’t see how a plug for easy drain addresses the potential top gear bushing wear and crud stuck to all the magnets in there. Would be nice for a quick change if a guy sunk sled in water Or to keep oil from going all over but really other than that it needs to be cleaned and inspected.

Why would you not want to do this?

 

[RTX]

Why would you not want to do this?

While it's a complete pain in the #*$&@, I agree with cannondale. I actually disassemble and clean mine every year. In my eyes, the bigger issue is having the oil tank attached to the chainsaws cover. If that was a different design, (not attached or easily removable) the chaincase on this sled would be an absolute pleasure to service.

 

[cannondale27]

While it's a complete pain in the #*$&@, I agree with cannondale. I actually disassemble and clean mine every year. In my eyes, the bigger issue is having the oil tank attached to the chainsaws cover. If that was a different design, (not attached or easily removable) the chaincase on this sled would be an absolute pleasure to service.

True. Even the 2 strokes with just one small oil line are so much easier to do every year.

Why would you not want to do this?

Because I wouldnt trust that chaincase or the components in it for more than a season. Never. I could be paranoid but every single year 2012 up till 17 there was pretty major updates to the components. Maybe there is no more issues to be had but those changes by Factory and for me the wear of top gear bushing and crud on magnets leave me with no doubt I am doing the right thing. Way to many examples of failures although I do admit every year it has gotten so much better. I will let others be testers on this one. My yearly schedule has gotten me 13,000 mi without a single failure in there.