Stihl FS55 RC clutch drum, clutch, and flywheel removal.

Thanks Steve. I was getting ready to drill and tap two holes 180 apart and pull it. You method is much simpler!

I just fixed my FS-50C today with your video - my clutch wasn't working right and I was able to disassemble the clutch OK. The drum and clutch surfaces had become glazed and I roughed them up with sandpaper and put it all back together and it worked great. Thank you!

I had a real 4 hour fight with the T27 torx screw. The end of the drive cable actually wore into the torx screw and completely stripped the head. It is difficult to see into the square clutch drum shaft, so I was at a loss as to why my driver was not engaging. After grinding down a T27, then a T25, then a T20, nothing worked. I finally used my dremmel to cut the clutch drum off the shaft. That is when I found the screw head was stripped. If your torx drivers are not working, Check the end of your drive cable to see if it is cone shaped. If so, good chance you have the same issue. The clutch drum is soft steel, so dremmel cuts easily.

nice video! I also like your shops "gutter shelf" to hold aerosols!

Aprendi mucho ,gracias

Awesome video Steve. 👌

Great video thanks for your time and effort making this video it was point on

Thanks i have a mm55c and needed to know this.

Muito bom o tutorial,parabéns.

Nice video. I have a KM55r (Kombi Motor). Do you happen to know if the clutch is the same? Because I'm not finding clutch anywhere.

you dont have to bang on your flywheel to reinstall. the slop will go away when you tighten down the clutch.

Thanks!

What buying exhaust spacer ???

Gracias, muchas gracias, don Esteban. Aunque no entendí la explicación pero me fue muy útil el ejemplo. Bless where You are.

My fs55 shaft was sticking and removed it to find that the plastic around it had melted. The clutch drum had quite a lot of play. Could this be the culprit as to why the plastic melted? Thanks! P.s - really good video!

Is the screw in the clutch drum fixed in the drum or does it come out. I'm thinking of replacing my drum and I can't find that screw anywhere online

Any info on how much "slop" can be in the rotational movement of the flywheel to shaft??

Hey thanks for going through this. I was walking home from the bar last night and someone had this trimmer just out on the curb, clearly looking to get rid of it. Does the clutch engage when the throttle is open due to the higher rpms?

hello, what size of torx do you use? Thank you.

Just let you guys know, after doing all this in this video, what was wrong was the ignition coil. The reason that I thought the coil was good, was because it would still spark. Since I had checked and saw that the key was good, and I put a new carburetor on, I thought the only left to put on new was the ignition coil, so I did and it worked like a brand new trimmer!