Check the picture of what may have happened, in this thread:

https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u...rds=stitch+in+time&Search=true#Post32432

If the plastic housing has now been eaten like that, I think your trimmer is probably a goner. You need a whole new upper housing.

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	luvpsi	09/03/12 02:47 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	grumpy	09/03/12 02:55 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	luvpsi	09/03/12 03:38 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	grumpy	09/03/12 03:40 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	luvpsi	09/03/12 04:04 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	grumpy	09/03/12 04:07 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	luvpsi	09/03/12 04:24 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	Anonymous	09/03/12 06:33 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	Anonymous	09/03/12 08:24 AM
Re: Ryobi Whipper Snipper Vibrating from the engine/sh	grumpy	09/03/12 09:18 AM

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