Stihl MS 460 - Adjusting Idle Speed; Engine Stops While Idling; Chain Runs at Idle Speed; Irregular Idling or Poor Acceleration

43MS 460, MS 460 C
– Unscrew the spindle clockwise
and take away the service tool.
– Take out the two M5x72 screws.
: Use a 5 mm drift to drive home
the dowel pin from the sprocket
side.
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: Fit the screws (arrows) and
tighten them down firmly in an
alternate pattern, b 3.5
Trim away any excess gasket
material in the area of the cylinder
mounting face.
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– Coat sealing lips of oil seals with
grease, b 16.
– Apply thin coating of sealant,
b 16, to outside diameter of oil
seals.
– Slide the oil seal, open side
facing the crankcase, over the
ignition end of the crankshaft.
: Use press sleeve (1)
1115 893 4600 to press home the
oil seal.
The press surface must be flat and
free from burrs.
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: Fit the assembly sleeve (1)
1118 893 2401 over the clutch
end of the crankshaft.
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– Slide the oil seal, open side
facing the crankcase, over the
assembly sleeve.
: Use press sleeve (1)
1118 893 4602 to press home the
oil seal.
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– Remove the assembly sleeve.
– Wait about one minute, then turn
the crankshaft several times.
: Use pliers 0811 611 8380 to fit
the retaining ring in groove on
crankshaft stub.
If the retaining ring is fatigued, fit a
new one.
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