When I ordered the parts which was last year it was directly through kalamazoo. Their prices were shockingly cheap a new brass nut Assy. With the carriage for it was 50 dollars and the cup seal for the cylinder was 9.00 iirc. Great service they also carry clausing lathes and parts.
I went down that whole head weight path when my cylinder had a bad piston cup. When I ordered the one from Kalamazoo it was too tight for whatever reason. I ended up looking at Napa and getting brake cylinder cups which you can get in about any size and it worked perfect. Kicker was the cup seal from Napa was like 3.00 for a pack of 5. So I’ve got some spares if it decides to fail.
I used that saw almost every day cutting everything from thin wall pipe to 6” rounds of stainless to cast iron chunks. She’s a workhorse even with the smaller motor. We almost have the same taste in paint selection.
I went down that whole head weight path when my cylinder had a bad piston cup. When I ordered the one from Kalamazoo it was too tight for whatever reason. I ended up looking at Napa and getting brake cylinder cups which you can get in about any size and it worked perfect. Kicker was the cup seal from Napa was like 3.00 for a pack of 5. So I’ve got some spares if it decides to fail.
I used that saw almost every day cutting everything from thin wall pipe to 6” rounds of stainless to cast iron chunks. She’s a workhorse even with the smaller motor. We almost have the same taste in paint selection.
