Stihl HSA56 Hedge Trimmer Repair

[Rannsachair]

My brother bought a Stihl electric Hedge Trimmer last year, he is a gardener and likes it for small jobs (he has a proper big Husky Petrol for bigger jobs).

So after less than a year it stopped working, I stripped it down.

To find that bits of damp leaves had pushed past the cover over the drive and bearings.
One bearing was totally seized, the other partially. So I measured them up and ordered up a couple of food grade stainless bearings to replace the no brand steel ones fitted from Simply Bearings.

Gave all the gear train and new bearings a coat of marine grease.

and reassembled with new stick on seals at the case joins:

Fingers crossed they will last better than the 9 months the originals did.

It was £180 for a kit with 2 batteries and a charger so not professional kit, though I expected better from Stihl.

 

[eSCHEn]

I know who I'm calling when the wife's Stihl kit packs up

 

[frank horton]

I'm afraid it's how it is with Stihl now.....
even the proff stuff is just not as good.....
said before, one the biggest dealers for Stihl I knew in the UK was so fed up with warranty claims they got rid of the franchise.....they now only sell Echo....
when I repaired garden machinery I lost count of how many machines of all makes ended up with melted plastic bearing carriers.....
I just gave up in the end.....and wont be doing anymore.....

 

[eSCHEn]

The wife has the strimmer and extending hedge trimmer in the same range.

Had the strimmer a couple of years with plenty of use and no issues. The carrier for the line is a mince moneymaking idea but can be rewound fortunately. Great tool and so much more useful than a petrol model for a very high percentage of jobs.

Hedge trimmer was bought at the start of this season and is performing very well so far. She did say that when she was looking at them in the shop there was a flimsy bunch of ones and then they started to get beefier at a price point. That's the one she bought I believe.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Rannsachair Would shielded bearings not have been up to the job? Maybe not much cheaper than the stainless ones, although I know you like to make sure when doing a repair.

 

[Rannsachair]

@Rannsachair Would shielded bearings not have been up to the job? Maybe not much cheaper than the stainless ones, although I know you like to make sure when doing a repair.

I looked at them too, was a close call and not a lot of difference in price.

 

[tom2207]

fit a grease nipple some where is the answer.