The nylon line in your grass trimmer is not only important but it is key to ensuring that you can trim your lawn. In this guide we can help guide you through the simple but necessary process to changing the nylon line in your grass strimmer.
What You Will Need:
Step 1 - Safety Advice
Safety First! Please ensure that you have disconnected the appliance from the mains before starting any repair.
Step 2 - Removing the Bobbin and old line
Turn the appliance over so you can access the lower section of the trimmer, you will want to be face to face with where the bobbin and old line was. Carefully remove the bobbin and old line.
Step 3 - Feeding the Line
Securing one end of the new line to the tie clip in the bobbin - wind the rest uniformly in a clockwise direction around the bobbin.
Step 4 - Pushing the Bobbin Back
Ensure you feed about 10cm of the line through the small hole in the rotating head. Once you have done this you can now push the bobbin back into its surround.
All done, a simple but important to do task - without the line the trimmer won’t be able to perform. Hopefully this has helped, for other helpful guides on how to perform other repairs and maintenance, don’t forget to see our other articles - from replacing a washing machine drive belt to a vacuum cleaner motor our advice centre is sure to have something for any of your appliance repair needs.
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