Why does my Ryobi BGH827 8" bench grinder over heat?
I recently purchased a relatively new and lightly used Ryobi 8" BGH827 Chinese made bench grinder and did some very light grinding: the motor was not heavily loaded! After twenty minutes I casually placed my hand on the motor housing and was astonished to discover that it was extremely hot, so hot that I could not keep my hand on the motor for any length of …
