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Backstory about this Brush Cutter post<\/h2>\n

The reason I’m writing this post is to help document what I did for others, it may help fix a tool they own, or fix a tool they bought. Which is always the game when money saving. I realise that when it comes to tools a lot of people may not have these, but there are alternatives like hacksaw and metal files, they could just take longer. The purpose of this is to help spur creativity in others or desire to repair their Brushcutter. My mothers garden is like a rainforest currently and her electric strimmer that she purchased does the job. It would take forever because the batteries only last about 30 mins, and because it uses plastic strimmer wire it takes ages to cut through thick undergrowth.<\/p>\n

When I moved house I brought my old brush cutter, it was damaged and beaten over the years, but when it worked it was an absolute beast. It’s a 4-in-1 brush cutter device (attachments like hedgetrimmer, chainsaw, etc) that runs from a small engine (52cc I believe). The best part is that the blade on this, is a solid steel blade that absolutely demolishes thick under growth. When I had it working, it would simply cut through an entire garden in around 30 mins no matter how thick the under growth. The main problem was that it had a few issues over the years when I collided with unobjects like bricks. First it was a broken shaft, then a blade, then the tank leaked all from different issues. However parts are cheap to purchase and replace so I kept it going. Just flung in storage, decided enough was enough<\/p>\n

Problem #1 – Ratting noise internally shaft won’t spin on Brush Cutter<\/h2>\n

The first problem on the brush cutter, which I knew about (or rather didn’t know). Is that the brush cutter would always intermittently spin the shaft on the blade when the engine was running, and when pulling out the self-retracting starter cord of the Brush Cutter there was always a metal rattling noise as if something was spinning.<\/p>\n

So I set about dismantling the Brush Cutter (I actually dismantled the entire thing bit by bit, as I wasn’t sure what was wrong). However for short notes, the quickest method (at least on my model to get to the engine is the following).<\/p>\n