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Old 10-01-11, 11:46
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Steve
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Brisbane, Oz
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As Hanno said, can't wait to get it off the trailer so you must be keen

Re the comments on cheap grinders. Surprisingly my crappy chinese grinder long outlasted my much more expensive german Bosch one. I was doing a lot of rotary wire brushing on the Weasel hull, and the wire brush is never perfectly balanced. Owing to the constant vibration, the bearings in the angle casing got hot and subsequently the top bushing loosened and started to spin, which melted the plastic even more, which led to more vibration, and so on to the point it was shaking violently. :
I shimmed the bearing but it wasn't long before it happened again. The chinese one has an alloy gearbox that doesn't choose to melt after a bit of punishment.

I would never ever again buy an angle grinder that has a plastic/GRP gearbox casing, no matter how reputable the brand. I hope someone is reminded of this next time they are looking buy a new one.

Steve.
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