Hi Roger, I always have to work this out each time I restring my machine. You need to know which direction the head turns in. So, with the spool pointing up you wind the string on in the opposite direction to the spin. That is, when the head is turning it won't wind the string up.
In my case there are two small holes on one of the flat surfaces of the spool right next to each other and you feed the string one end into each. The rolls I buy are much too long for my unit so I pull a length off and cut it then pull it through until I have two more or less equal lengths then I just wind both onto the spool. This requires some care and attention because you can't have the two lengths crossing or otherwise interfering with each other if you want the automatic feed to work. I run the strings one on either side of my long finger guiding each with the adjacent fingers while I rotate the reel with the other hand winding up the string.. It again gets tricky to mount the spool, you have to keep the string from tangling as you feed each end through the holes in the outer drum and settle the spool correctly into place. The spool seats on a spring and is held by flanges which catch teeth on the spool. These flanges though do not continue to the bottom of the drum so, when you smack the spinning head on the ground the spool compresses the spring so the teeth slide down the flange beyond where the flanges end allowing the drum to slip a partial turn on the spool of string. Centrifugal force of the spinning head pulls the string out so long as it isn't tangled. the spring pushes the spool out enough that the teeth catch the flange again keeping it from allowing the entire string from feeding out. Clear as mud I suppose <GRIN> Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rodger Hood To: blindhandy...@yahoogroups dot com Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:28 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Voice on the Go generated email Hey guys, I need some help with a weed eater. I would like to restring my electric weed eater. There are two holes that the line comes out of which means that it's a double weed eater, chop blade type thing. And I need to know how to rewind the line onto the spool. Do you do it clockwise or counter clockwise? Or how does it work? Also, for tap and go do you have to clean something, or oil something to keep the tap and go feature working? This is just a cheap little weed eater. Thank you very much. Rodger Hood sent you this voice-to-text generated email using Voice on the Go. Voice on the Go translates voice to text. To listen, click on the voice message link or open the attachment. http://vemail.voiceonthego.com:8080/enterprise/Recordings/R1241731380350.wav [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
