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It has to be admitted that the stock Saito bearings are rubbish.

The ones in my 100 went out pretty quickly so I replaced them myself with some from [link="http://www.rc-bearings.com"]RC-Bearings[/link] and had no further trouble in several years.

If you get Horizon to replace the bearings they probably use the same cruddy ones that are used in the first place so the problem will simply recur.

12 gallons on the original glow plug? I find that hard to believe. I change mine out right after break in.

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ORIGINAL: JustErik

I have a 1 year old Saito 100 with about 12 gallons through it. It's a piece of junk. Why, just last weekend I had to change out the original glow plug. Give me a few more years and I'm sure I'll find more stuff wrong. It's inevitable with poor quality products like this one.

Believe it or not, sir, it's up to you. I have nothing to gain by fibbing about something like that. :)

Erik

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ORIGINAL: rustypep

12 gallons on the original glow plug? I find that hard to believe. I change mine out right after break in.

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ORIGINAL: chuck993

I hate to burst your bubble, but when I first got my Saito 100, I was all excited and people at the field, who had bought many Saitos in the past, were all complaining about Saito and how their quality had gone down, they said they would only buy O.S. now after all of the problems with the Saitos they were having. I know another instructor who bought a brand new Saito, it was messed up from the get go, he hates it, he said he will never buy another Saito.

You call it trash talking, I call it the truth. Not to mention, when the warranty claims 3 year warranty and then they don't stand by it, that is B.S.

My O.S. 91 surpass (4 stroke) is 100% realiable, heavier and not as powerful as the Saito 100 that falls apart all the time...so do I run with an engine that starts and runs everytime or a Saito that is lighter and falls apart and dies all the time?

Sorry to burst your Saito Bubble...I was there once, I had on blinders defending Saito against the masses...then I got to go through the broken Saito BS and no support from Horizon and now I have switched to O.S. My last try was the other day with the Saito 100 again, on my stick and the muffler would fall out after every flight, causing 2 deadsticks during flight and one crash on my part...put my O.S.91 back on the stick after repairing it, flew it no problems, nothing falling off, no oil all over the frickin place, no dead sticks...do the math folks...take off the rosie glasses.

Strange, if you all had so many problems, why would you and your friends at your club go out and buy a "problem" engines. Doesn't make any sense and I don't buy that excuse. Yeah, maybe you're 1.00 had problems when it left the factory (first one I have heard of) and if it did, it should have been taken care of I agree. It's not like these motors are very complicated and it sounds like inexperience talking here and quick to make a claim about something without a very good knowledge base. Nothing has ever fallen off of mine and tuned properly (they come very rich from the factory) there is no more oil deposit than any other???????

I have had only 1 OS 4strk.- a .48 which ran pretty well though had little power and heavy. Of the Saito's I have owned, I have never, ever used anything but a backflip to start them, even when starting for the first time ever (break in) -they have never missed a beat to this day!

Yeah, no Saito has ever been defective...and you actually believe that? How old are you? Do you believe in Santa Claus and the tooth fairy too or are you just a Saito salesperson?

ROFLMAO:)

Well I got concern about this issue so I had to post.
I have 5 saito engines, different sizes and working in several models, I do have too the Saito 100.
It is 2 years old and I have had no problem with it. That one is the newest I have, the others are older but they do the job like new ones. I am concern about the Horizon warranty response. Fortunately at this time I have not had to send them any engine for a warranty issue but I would be very angry if I have a negative response from them if at any time I would need to claim for a warranty.
If you are having a bad time with any engine then that is not your brand, change for good and try as many as you want until you feel in the sweet spot.
I have had successfully repaired an old 72 size Saito changing ring, o'rings, gaskets and bearings. The repair cost is low and fun if you have the skills. Having no problems and having successfully repaired a well used engine has converted me in a believer.
I do have also a Magnum 120 size Four Stroke engine which works very nice but have the same power than my Saito 100 with one more penalty, weight.
In the future I will buy many other engines not only saitos, magnums or OS, (actually I own 10 more different sizes and brands of two stroke engines) and I will fly whatever engine that will fit the need. By now I find my self commonly flying very often the airframes that currently have a saito engine, it does not mean that the rest of my life will be the same, new engines are appearing very often that maybe I will be flying other engines soon.