In this video I demonstrate how I fixed my Ryobi 40 volt lawn mower. My mower would not start with a full battery. #outdoorpowerequipment #ryobi #powertools
My wife's Ryobi 40v push mower suddenly stopped working, so I started searching UA-cam and found this video. After watching, I inspected the mower and noticed the star-headed bolts that bolt the handle to the mower had loosened up a bit. Not terribly loose, but a bit. I tightened up those bolts, and it started working again! I guess if one of those bolts even backs out enough that it isn't making a good connection somewhere, the mower will stop working. Too many safety features, I swear! In any case, your video is what prompted me to look in that vicinity, which caused me to locate the loose bolts, so thank you!
yep, tightening the bolts was all mine needed too…except when I put the nut back on the wheel I used gorilla force and now I need a rear axle because I broke off the threaded bolt the nut goes on 😅 at any rate I dont understand how the loose bolts are causing a loss of continuity so easily
@@rickystafford7433 After further testing, ours started shutting off again. It turned out that the switch in the handle lock was going bad in mine (i.e., you know how you have to fully extend the handles and lock them--there's a safety switch in there too on the side with the wire). The mower would stop, but if I would put a bit of upward/forward pressure on the handle, it would start working again, which led me to believe the handle switch had gone bad. I bypassed the switch in the handle and my wife used it for a good half-hour after that with no random stops, so I'm confident that was the problem. Before that, she could hardly use it for 5 minutes without it shutting off.
You can either use a grass bag or a plug. There is a safety switch there to keep people from running the mower without either so rock don’t get kicked back at them. My problem was that the plug got knocked loose.
EVERY Ryobi mower owner that I know eventually needs to do this safety wire jump! Time for Ryobi to address this issue of flimsy design = accelerated wear/tear. Wait, if this happens to everyone at an early stage....this shouldn't be classified as wear and tear.
@@zacksintheshopmine didn't even last one year. Guess I need to check all the switches. I remember the days the mowers didn't have any safety features and no one got hurt. You had common sense back then. 73
@@hildaluquin3485 Cut the ends of those two wires loose from the switch, strip the wires' ends, twist them together, and secure with a wire nut, which bypasses that particular safety switch. He shows it clearly in the video.
My wife's Ryobi 40v push mower suddenly stopped working, so I started searching UA-cam and found this video. After watching, I inspected the mower and noticed the star-headed bolts that bolt the handle to the mower had loosened up a bit. Not terribly loose, but a bit. I tightened up those bolts, and it started working again! I guess if one of those bolts even backs out enough that it isn't making a good connection somewhere, the mower will stop working. Too many safety features, I swear! In any case, your video is what prompted me to look in that vicinity, which caused me to locate the loose bolts, so thank you!
yep, tightening the bolts was all mine needed too…except when I put the nut back on the wheel I used gorilla force and now I need a rear axle because I broke off the threaded bolt the nut goes on 😅 at any rate I dont understand how the loose bolts are causing a loss of continuity so easily
@@rickystafford7433 After further testing, ours started shutting off again. It turned out that the switch in the handle lock was going bad in mine (i.e., you know how you have to fully extend the handles and lock them--there's a safety switch in there too on the side with the wire). The mower would stop, but if I would put a bit of upward/forward pressure on the handle, it would start working again, which led me to believe the handle switch had gone bad. I bypassed the switch in the handle and my wife used it for a good half-hour after that with no random stops, so I'm confident that was the problem. Before that, she could hardly use it for 5 minutes without it shutting off.
Roosters crowing, counted my chickens yesterday over 70 of them and one 10 year old one eyed duck.
It feels good fixing broken tools 👍
Thank you Sir! The switch failed. Did the same test and it worked!
Glad it helped
You can either use a grass bag or a plug. There is a safety switch there to keep people from running the mower without either so rock don’t get kicked back at them. My problem was that the plug got knocked loose.
I hit a big rock and it won't spin the blade now, but drives forward. I'm going to check this first, thank you!
EVERY Ryobi mower owner that I know eventually needs to do this safety wire jump! Time for Ryobi to address this issue of flimsy design = accelerated wear/tear. Wait, if this happens to everyone at an early stage....this shouldn't be classified as wear and tear.
These safeties are just cheap IMO. other than that I like the mower. I have had it several years.
@@zacksintheshopmine didn't even last one year. Guess I need to check all the switches. I remember the days the mowers didn't have any safety features and no one got hurt. You had common sense back then. 73
The safety wire Jump works for me. Thank you!!!!!
Just don’t cut off any body parts and your good
This very well might be my problem
thanks
Good for you, repairing instead of buying again
It helps to have no money for a new one. Inspiration to try fixing.
@@zacksintheshop necessity the mother of invention
What do you mean “jump together”
@@hildaluquin3485 Cut the ends of those two wires loose from the switch, strip the wires' ends, twist them together, and secure with a wire nut, which bypasses that particular safety switch. He shows it clearly in the video.
Battery dosent appear to be charging up