Fixing a cordless Einhell strimmer
Having bought into the Einhell battery system for various tools, we stuck with it when it came to gardening tools too. Whilst they are affordable, they're also far from the highest quality, as demonstrated by the need for this repair The strimmer worked intermittently with the motor cutting out seemingly arbitrarily. There are only a handful of screws holding it together and so it comes apart very easily. Inside the handle, the battery connector and switch all seemed to have sound connections. To get into the motor housing there are a couple of extra things to remove. First the spindle plate must be removed, it's held on with just the one central machine screw. The safety guard is slid off the back after fiddling with the tab that holds it on The screws in the motor housing can then be removed, only those in the red part need to be removed to get to the motor. Removing the black part allows access to the coiled up cable inside the extending handle. Care must be taken when sepa...