Wes wrote:
"Steve W." wrote:

I buy the ORANGE 4.5" HF angle grinders when they go on sale. They seem
to hold up pretty well. I figure that I can drop it just as easy as the
expensive ones. I do pull the angle drive and put in better grease
before using them though.


What kind of grease? I have some Kluber NBU15 that might be overkill.

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

I use JT-6 Synthetic. The stuff that comes out usually looks about like
plain petroleum jelly! The better grease quiets them down and seems to
cut the heat production from the gearbox a LOT.

Stay away from the blue housing grinders. One of the local mowing places
buys 4.5s by the case. They tried the blue ones and the heat build-up
was melting the brush housings out of them.
The orange ones seem to be a different plastic and the gear-case is
different as well.

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Steve W.