"I bought a Parker brand leaf blower for my assistant a few months ago. It was less than £80 and presumably made in China. It is well-made and is a very good leaf blower. It started second pull straight from the box. It is so far at least as good as…"
"There is nowhere to screw a grease tube on. That's why you need to take the gearbox cover off and apply grease directly.
Suggest you take another look at the machine. We know this is correct thing to do as we have 4 of them. "
"This is the battery hsa 86 Nick it only has 2 torx screws holding a plastic casing over the gearbox, the gearbox gets the odd bit of cuttings in which is not ideal as it is not sealed like the petrol ones."
"Nick, I always keep the gearbox topped up with grease, these dont have a lot in to start with and can just be cmeared in, there is no torx screw to take out."
"Agree Vic it's very impressive and high end quality. But my point is that as they use as stated "a lot of semi-conductors", then there is a good chance some of those were made in China. I see nothing wrong with that, Shenzen is top end when it comes…"
"I also have a totally knackered one of the same machine with blunt but fully intact blades so might swap them over and try and sharpen them, I think thats better than the missing tooth.
Thanks again"
"It wasnt really intermittent, once the problem started it just got gradually worse,taking longer to get up to full speed and power and now stopping altogether, I will try and persevere with my petrol one with a tooth missing and hope the dealers re…"
