Stihl changes design for the 661 chainsaw

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Stihl Changes long standing design for the 661* chainsaw so that it is considerably harder to repair. Instead of using traditional inserts in the body of the saw which are readily available and easy to use, the design was changed to require a very deep insert that has no known advantage besides to make it difficult/impossible to repair by the end user.

Stihl changes design for the 661 chainsaw

Basic Information
Release Year	2014
Product Type	Hardware
In Production	Yes
Official Website	https://www.stihl.ca/

Consumer impact summary

This change affects right to repair, user freedom. By changing this design component the saw is required to be serviced by the manufacturer using proprietary tooling/parts compared to previously easily accessible generic repair inserts.

*The model listed here is not the only model produced by this company, the issue may have spread to other models in the product line.

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The following incident submitted by the youtube channel 'TimberFallingCouple' highlights the issue and their experience with it.

This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product line. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Stihl changes design for the 661 chainsaw category.

Products

Stihl 661 Commercial Chainsaw Initially released in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2hpkfNukmI

See also

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