TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem
Cause
1. The motor shaft or trimmer
head is bound with grass.
2. There is not enough line on
the spool.
3. The trimmer head is dirty.
Trimmer head
will not advance
line.
4. The line is tangled on the
spool.
5. The line is too short.
6. Bump head hit on the grass. 6. Remove bump head hit on the ground.
Line keeps
1. Trimmer used incorrectly.
breaking.
Grass wraps
around trimmer
1. Cutting tall grass at ground
head and motor
level
housing.
1. The line-cutting blade on the
Line is not
edge of the guard has become
cutting well
dull.
Solution
1. Stop the trimmer, remove the battery, and
clean the motor shaft and trimmer head.
2. Remove the battery and replace the cutting
line; follow the section "line replacement"in this
manual.
3. Remove the battery and clean the spool,
spool retainer and spool base.
4. Remove the battery, remove the line from
the spool and rewind; follow the section "line
replacement" in this manual.
5. Remove the battery and pull the lines while
alternately pressing down on and releasing
the bump knob.
1. Only trim with the tip of the line, avoid
stones, walls and other hard objects. Feed the
line regularly to maintain full cutting width.
1. Cut tall grass from the top down, removing
no more than 8 inches in each pass to prevent
wrapping.
1. Sharpen the line-cutting blade with a file or
replace it with a new blade.
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