Not fit for purpose but design flaw can be fixed
The lawn aerator arrived promptly and it was easy to assemble the handle to the main body with a few bolt fixings.
When using the aerator everything was going quite well until about three passes down the lawn. Then the aerator started to be very difficult to push. When looking at the bolt fixing to one side of the central spindle , it was apparent that the fixing bolt had progressively tightened itself thereby preventing the spindle from rotating. Loosening the bolt solved the problem temporarly until another few passes of the lawn when the bolt on the opposite side of the spindle fell off. The problem is that Nylok nuts have been used and these are inadequate to lock them in position to stop them from rotating as the spindle turns - so the left-hand nut tightens and the right hand nuts slaclens. After wondering whether to send the aerator back, I rummaged around in my toolbox and found two nuts which I then used as locking nuts to secure the Nylock nuts - this solved the problem. I can only presume that the the manufacturer hadn't actually tested the machine. Poor show!
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