I bought the lawn sweeper in August because it was on sale . Now in the leafs are falling I got to use it. First time I use it I hear a ticking noise from the sweeper,well I have had three sweeper in my lifetime so I thought I picked up a stick in the brushes. When I dumped the hopper I see one of the brushes wrapped around the rotating shaft. So l took it to my work shop the brush was not tightened onto the shaft ,so I checked the other brushes and none of the brushes were tightened from the factory.