Good video to see what's inside and to see how all the parts are connected. I strongly recommend that you please use a power tool when disassembling the machine. This video could have been half the time or more. It would have saved you and the viewers of lot of time. Also, would have been nice to see exactly where the loose wire was connected. Although it's relatively obvious, there are some people out there that don't know how these things work and your video would have helped them.
After reading all the negative comments I laughed because he clearly said several times that he didn't intend to fix it. During the video he pondered which new hedge trimmer he was going to buy - either a gas powered or a lithium battery. Sure I did fast forward through some of the unscrewing part but it was kind of cool to see that guys have a hard time with tight screws too. And I did get to see the part I needed. I have a B&D trimmer that has a blade with a side to side wobble and I couldn't see where the bolts were that needed to be tightened. Even though I'm a 'girl' I like to do what I can myself. So now I can see exactly what needs to be done if I want to tackle that. Thank you.
I wish you would have been more gentle when opening the casing on this hedge trimmer. I'm trying to find out to reassemble mine after it came apart. I have all of the screws and springs but am not sure how a couple of the springs go back together.
James: No, not necessarily: He is going through this without skipping. People get presumptuous while learning, their minds jump ahead -- then they get behind because of missing information they didn't glean nor retain. Oh, by the way, you have the fast forward on your screen, do you not? You can jump ahead to your heart's content.
If you cut a power cord, no need to throw it away. Just get a pair of cord caps and make 2 shorter cords! Seems a waste to just toss out something still usable. Shorter cords come in handy at Christmas, right?
@@richardrosen8201 they don't make these nearly as well as they did with the ones in the 80s which had a nice wraparound handle. That and the trigger switch didnt have to be unlocked to run
Exactly. That's what I'm searching RU-vid for right now! This is the only video that shows it, except the video is too dark, he doesn't show the other side of the motor, and he only shows the side of the motor where he doesn't know where the wire goes! I've soldered 4 different combinations so far and can't figure it out.
Check white wire you see wire goes into a hole. The black does same thing into small. Just have to have good light to find. Small wire is in area. I carefully unhooked with, just needed extra hand. I had d pulled out white to get black I put unit in then attached white. Just took time. The disassemble the guys nuts.
Black and decker is actually good as far as outdoor power equipment is concerned. I mentioned my old hedge trimmer in the comments above and I also have a black and decker battery powered weed eater and I too have a 20V drill and all work fairly well
My hedge trimmer starts alright, But as it warms up (7-8 minutes) it begins to slow down and lose power and finally stops. Next day again same thing Could you please tell me Is it the switch, capacitor or something else like brushes on motor??? . THANKS
Great video, Fix: But, I trepidatiously anticipate having to do almost as much in order to change -- or even separate the double blade section to sharpen the blades.
That damn trimmer has the funkiest damn design between the handle and the extension cord retainer and I hate the trigger switch on that model. I had the 8124 model and it was much more user friendly
Why not just connect the two halves of the cut power cord instead of buying 3 brand new ones? Even if you have to cut 1/4 inch off each side of the 100 foot cut power cord and you strip the outside of the cord, the three inside copper wires are colored coded so it's simple to match up one at a time to splice together. After you wrap each splice wire with electrical tape or shrink tube and you also wrap the outside of the power cord, you will have 99+ foot of working power cord. Stop wasting $15 or $20 on a new cord and spend $1 on electrical tape and a razer blade.
I can Completely Understand taking something apart to find Error, and correct it, etc........but to handle a gear and just Lay it in Filthy Conditions.......I was Cringing....... I figured you Weren't Putting that back together, when it Took a month to disassemble, but to just take Something and Make it Worse, SHAME on ME, for having HOPE, going against my better judgment. God Help You! It's 2020 and I bet you're Still Sitting there! 🙈🙉
By the time I took this one apart, I had already bought a 20v battery one. So much lighter and easier to use than dragging a 120v extension cord around.
hahahaa no chance this worked after that, this vid is hilarious. I'm just about to try fix my Bosch one, but after this video, I think I'll just send it in for repair
Actually if you talk to landscaping experts they will tell you never ever ever ever use hedge trimmers. They are terrible you should always do it by hand doesn't matter how much there is. You should use very sharp hand cutters because if you do anything but leave a nice smooth sharp cut then you are damaging your hedges it has to be a very clean cut and at a certain angle
*@Fibs behold* 🙃 :- But we're not never ever, ever, ever, gonna be landscaping experts with fore-arms like Popeye's after eating several cans of spinach. We just want to fix our ailing hedge trimmers. Mine has worked well for ten years, and the hedge-leaves didn't ask for a fancy sharp blade with a special angle to catch the Sun's rays at 10 o'clock in the morning!
