Thread: Battery chainsaws

Ryobi have some useful gear, but like everyone these days they are a label and a lot of the actual manufacture seems outsourced. I have a Ryobi weedeater that the attachments off it fit a lot of other brands and are quite good. The motor on it has a design fault where the crank shaft isn't retained and is a simple push fit. When it gets hot, the bearing that the crank pushes into stays in place but the crankshaft slides back away from the tool head and the flywheel fouls the housing and it comes to a screaming halt. Open the crank case cover, smack the crankshaft back into position and all good for about 5 minutes of running...