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Stihl KM-HL Combi Hedge Cutter Gearbox

Posted by Peter Davis on November 18, 2012 at 1:54pm in Machinery

The drive pinion & double pinion have gone on my Combi hedgecutter attachment.  Does anyone know the likely parts cost ?

I am wary with Stihl having recently paid more for a carb service kit than the cost of a carb.  Does anyone have a link to a parts list ?

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    Gary RK November 18, 2012 at 3:14pm

    Pete,

    Parts list in email to you....

    We have exactly the same issue with one of these Kombi attachments, it's sitting on our bench for 'spares'. Our friendly Stihl Tech who deals with most of our repairs said they were un-econmical to fix due to parts cost (and he is not trying to sell us a replacement :-).

    If you choose to repair, would be interested to hear how much it costs.

  • Peter Davis November 18, 2012 at 3:42pm

    The pinions are about £80 on Amazon.  But you have to change the bearings.  I suspect that the bearings fail & the excess play strips the pinions.

    Also I believe that the drive pinion is a nightmare to remove -you have to heat it.

    Thanks for the email

  • Nicholas Boyes November 18, 2012 at 4:43pm

    Well the above has made my mind up not to bother to try and get my Kombi  which has the same fault repaired. One tool for one job in the future for me.

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    Gary RK November 18, 2012 at 4:50pm

    Problem is they share the same gear box, so a HL will fail just the same (ie, it's nothing to do with the Kombi element).

     

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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd November 18, 2012 at 7:49pm
    My Stihl dealer advised to replace the head rather than attemp to repair. It cost roughly £200 but the head was about 7 years old and had done a lot of work. The same engine unit (FS85) is still going strong though.
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