Expiring angle grinder

[gjkathome]

My angle grinder - cheap one, Erbauer - runs until I orient it with the disc underneath it, when it stops. It's mains powered. I've had a brief look inside and there doesn't seem to be anything loose.
Any ideas anyone?

 

[Onthespotwelding]

Does that model have a soft start feature or disk brake?

 

[8ob]

My angle grinder - cheap one, Erbauer - runs until I orient it with the disc underneath it, when it stops. It's mains powered. I've had a brief look inside and there doesn't seem to be anything loose.
Any ideas anyone?

Could twisting the lead be the cause? As in a break in the wire/lead?

Bob

 

[miller]

Sounds like a break in the wire ,probably where it go's into the grinder ,i have had a number of tools that have had this problem.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

My angle grinder - cheap one, Erbauer - runs until I orient it with the disc underneath it, when it stops. It's mains powered. I've had a brief look inside and there doesn't seem to be anything loose.
Any ideas anyone?

Have you tested the mains cable witha meter, sounds like a break in the cable.
Simple to replace..

 

[tom2207]

or a bad spring on the brushes .

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

or a bad spring on the brushes .

At MIS I have found they do go soft, but the cable or switch is very weak.
But the switch cab be purcahsed for a few pennies.

 

[500e]

All our Bosch grinders have new cables they break just by the clamp
Have an Erbauer at home no problem not as smooth as the Bosch or DW,though price not the same either

 

[gjkathome]

Thanks all for the suggestions. Cable break at the clamp it was. Normal service now resumed. I couldn't reach the cable terminals inside the grinder - they were hidden under the switch mechanism. Solder and heat shrink did the job.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Thanks all for the suggestions. Cable break at the clamp it was. Normal service now resumed. I couldn't reach the cable terminals inside the grinder - they were hidden under the switch mechanism. Solder and heat shrink did the job.

If you choose to pop the switch out. They are simialr to a B&D unit. You will need a fine blade to release the cables.