Stihl changes design for the 661 chainsaw: Difference between revisions

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|Description=In the 661 chainsaw, possibly more, it appears as if the design of the bar retention post was changed to make repair difficult or impossible

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==Consumer impact summary==

== 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. ==

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== 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.

<nowiki>*</nowiki>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.

==Incidents==

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 [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

~~===Example incident one (''date'')===~~

~~{{Main|link to the main article}}~~

~~Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).~~

~~===Example incident two (''date'')===~~

~~...~~

==Products==

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

==See also==

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-==Consumer impact summary==
+== 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. ==
-{{Ph-C-CIS}}
+== 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.
+<nowiki>*</nowiki>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.
 ==Incidents==
 {{Ph-C-Inc}}
+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 [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
-===Example incident one (''date'')===
-{{Main|link to the main article}}
-Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
-...
 ==Products==
-{{Ph-C-P}}
+Stihl 661 Commercial Chainsaw Initially released in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2hpkfNukmI
 ==See also==