Husqvarna battery hedgecutter gearbox

[monkeybusiness]

Hello all - has anyone had issues with Husky electric longreach hedgecutter gearboxes blowing up? We’ve had one fail today that hasn’t done much work at all - it’s broken the housing and looks like a very expensive fix. Just wondering if anyone had experienced similar?

[spudulike]

I have done one but was just a case of stripping and fitting a new one, the one I did needed part of the clamp on the elbow joint.

One thing I did have to do was lubricate the blades with something like WD40 as the unit doesn't like the drag from grease and faults out unless the throttle is blipped to get the speed up.

[monkeybusiness]

3 hours ago, spudulike said:

I have done one but was just a case of stripping and fitting a new one, the one I did needed part of the clamp on the elbow joint.

One thing I did have to do was lubricate the blades with something like WD40 as the unit doesn't like the drag from grease and faults out unless the throttle is blipped to get the speed up.

This one was running fine, can’t have done more than 20hrs work from new. No funny noises/jamming/struggling to pick up revs etc. Just blew apart whilst cutting - weird! 

[adw]

What has actually happened to it? has one of the con rods let go, or the end of one of the blades broken off?

[monkeybusiness]

8 hours ago, adw said:

What has actually happened to it? has one of the con rods let go, or the end of one of the blades broken off?

Not sure, haven’t opened it up for a look yet. Will report back with more pics when I get 5 mins.