Hi All
After a bit of advice to see if anyone has had this issue and how they fixed it.
Strimmer is pretty old now, maybe 8 years. This year I dug it out of the garage and fired it up, ran fine for 20 mins. Then lost drive to the head. I can feel by turning the head there is no resistance (compression from the engine).
This model has the two piece shaft, the lower one is cranked down at about 45 deg. I've pulled the two shafts out, the inners are not broken, but have maybe 15mm each of float. So think the problem is due to float the male/female connection can disengage. Shafts cannot be disassembled, float is governed by plastic plugs inside the outer shaft. Was thinking of shimming the float out with washers on the male end.
Otherwise strimmer is OK, hate to throw it away, but the two shafts are 80 quid and not worth that to repair.
Anyone had this and found a fix - Thanks Paul
After a bit of advice to see if anyone has had this issue and how they fixed it.
Strimmer is pretty old now, maybe 8 years. This year I dug it out of the garage and fired it up, ran fine for 20 mins. Then lost drive to the head. I can feel by turning the head there is no resistance (compression from the engine).
This model has the two piece shaft, the lower one is cranked down at about 45 deg. I've pulled the two shafts out, the inners are not broken, but have maybe 15mm each of float. So think the problem is due to float the male/female connection can disengage. Shafts cannot be disassembled, float is governed by plastic plugs inside the outer shaft. Was thinking of shimming the float out with washers on the male end.
Otherwise strimmer is OK, hate to throw it away, but the two shafts are 80 quid and not worth that to repair.
Anyone had this and found a fix - Thanks Paul