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maIntenance
WARNING: Toavoidseriousinjury,removethebatteryfrom
thetoolbeforeperforminganymaintenance.
1. Keeptheairintakeslots cleantoavoidoverheating.
2. Yourtrimmerlinecandryoutovertime.Tokeepyourlineintop
condition,storesparepre-woundspoolsorbulklineinaplastic,
sealablebagwithatablespoonofwater.
3. Plasticpartsmaybecleanedbyusingamildsoapandadamprag.
4.Thelinecutterontheedgeoftheguardcandullovertime.Itis
recommendedyouperiodicallytouch-upthesharpnessofthe
bladewithafile.
trouble shootIng guIDe
problem
Toolrunsslowly.
Automaticlinefeeddoesnot
feedmoreline.
solutIon
•Removebatteryfromtool.
•Checkthatthespoolhousing
canrotatefreely.Carefullyclean
itifnecessary.
•Checkthatthecuttingline
doesnotprotrudemorethan
approximately4-13/16inches
(122mm)fromthespool.
Ifitdoes,cutitoffsothatitjust
reachesthelinetrimmingblade.
•Morelineisfedwhentheline
shortenstoapproximately3
inches(76.2mm).Todetermine
ifthelineisnotfeeding,letline
wearpastthispoint.
problem
Automaticlinefeeddoesnot
feedmoreline.
solutIon
•Keepthetabsdepressedand
removethespoolfromthespool
housinginthetrimmerhead.
•Ensurethatthelineisnot
crisscrossedonthespoolas
detailedinfigure U.Ifitis,
unwindthecuttingline,then
winditbackonthespoolneatly
sothatthelinesdonotcross.
•Inspecttracksatthebottomof
spoolfordamage.Ifdamaged,
replacespool.
•Readthecodeonthebackof
spool.Ifitreads“PA66”call
customerserviceforareplacement.
Ifitreads“ABS”thisisnottheissue.
•Pullthecuttinglineuntilit
protrudesapproximately4-13/16
inches(122mm)fromthespool.If
insufficientcuttinglineisleftonthe
spool,installanewspoolofcutting
line.
•Alignthetabsonthespoolcap
withthecutoutsinthehousing.
•Pushthespoolcapontothehousing
untilitsnapssecurelyintoplace.
•Ifthecuttinglineprotrudes
beyondthetrimmingblade,cut
itoffsothatitjustreachestheblade.
Iftheautomaticlinefeedstilldoes
notworkorthespoolisjammed,try
thefollowingsuggestions:
•Carefullycleanthespooland
housing.
•Removethespoolandcheckifthe
leverinthespoolhousingcan
movefreely.