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Rotary brush snapped mid-job on a 3-story flue in Denver yesterday

Was cleaning a rental property flue, third floor, heavy creosote buildup. Got about halfway through and heard a pop. The wire wheel on my rotary cleaner just straight up detached from the shaft. Took me an hour to fish the pieces out with a magnet on a pole. Customer was standing there watching the whole time. Anyone else had these fail without warning?
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morgan.cameron
Used to think those rotary brushes were pretty foolproof till something like that happens. Changed my mind real quick after hearing stories like this.
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pipergonzalez
Wait, are people actually having these brushes fail on them more often than you'd think, or is it just the loud minority online making it seem that way?
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