Clutch spring hack

[Mark_Skyland]

13 minutes ago, AHPP said:

I filled a long reach hedgecutter gearbox with chain oil about fifteen years ago and it still works fine. 

You may be on to something there. At this time of the year my workshop is full with stihl long reach trimmers with goosed gearboxes.

 

For reference sake, there are two points to grease on all, maybe not all but most articulated hedge trimmers. The main gearbox and the one that no one does which costs them a lot of money is on top of the head, the bit that doesn't move. These get neglected and contaminated with water.

 

[AHPP]

20 minutes ago, adw said:

It matters not what grease you use, it’s an open cage cage running on a very hot shaft, so it does not stay there very long, and much much quicker if you leave the saw idling for lengths of time.

 

Right. That's convinced me because the old one came out bone dry.

[Joe Newton]

21 minutes ago, adw said:

It matters not what grease you use, it’s an open cage cage running on a very hot shaft, so it does not stay there very long, and much much quicker if you leave the saw idling for lengths of time.

Begs the question, does it really need greasing?

 

I personally don't bother. I think I've had one failed roller bearing in 15 years

[Joe Newton]

Saved a fortune in grease when you look at it like that

[AHPP]

@doobin greases hedgecutters in a novel and enticing way. Tell the other children how it's done, roobie doobie.

[Joe Newton]

6 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

Right. That's convinced me because the old one came out bone dry.

I'm not usually one to pass up an obvious innuendo but I'm about 2 pints away from comedy gold. I'll be patient. 

[AHPP]

8 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Saved a fortune in grease when you look at it like that

 

Parking Eye, ELF. You're putting the big boys in their place one at a time. Who's next!

Edited 3 hours ago by AHPP

[Joe Newton]

6 minutes ago, AHPP said:

@doobin greases hedgecutters in a novel and enticing way. Tell the other children how it's done, roobie doobie.

I bought a few grease nipples a few years ago to replace the torx bolts for my trimmers. Still haven't fitted them. Still haven't greased them. 

[Joe Newton]

5 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

Parking Eye, ELF. You're putting the big boys in their place one at a time. Who's next!

It was Excel Parking, or Vehicle Control Solutions (same firm).

 

I haven't got the stamina for another round of that. I've had a few cancelled since by complaining to pub landlords.

[AHPP]

8 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

I bought a few grease nipples a few years ago to replace the torx bolts for my trimmers. Still haven't fitted them. Still haven't greased them. 

 

It's mainly a con I think. I worked with a bloke who leaned hard into compliance, the book, the manual etc. I remember watching him twat away a morning revving and idling a new saw. He greased the nose of Husky/Oregon bars. I'm convinced that's the beginning of the end of them because all he talked about was nose sprockets shitting themselves. Meanwhile plenty of bars (i.e. Stihl ones) that never see grease, still work.