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10 — English
MAINTENANCE
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always remove the bat-
tery pack from the tool when cleaning or performing any
maintenance.
WARNING:
Always wear eye protection with side shields marked to
comply with ANSI Z87.1. Failure to do so could result in
objects being thrown into your eyes, resulting in possible
serious injury.
WARNING:
When servicing, use only identical replacement parts.
Use of any other parts can create a hazard or cause
product damage.
NOTICE:
Periodically inspect the entire product for damaged,
missing, or loose parts such as screws, nuts, bolts, caps,
etc. Tighten securely all fasteners and caps and do not
operate this product until all missing or damaged parts
are replaced. Please contact customer service or a quali-
fied service center for assistance.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Avoid using solvents when cleaning plastic parts. Most
plastics are susceptible to damage from various types of
commercial solvents and may be damaged by their use. Use
clean cloths to remove dirt, dust, oil, grease, etc.
WARNING:
Do not at any time let brake fluids, gasoline, petroleum-
based products, penetrating oils, etc., come in contact
with plastic parts. Chemicals can damage, weaken or
destroy plastic which can result in serious personal injury.
SPOOL REPLACEMENT
See Figure 14.
Use only 0.065 in. diameter round or twisted or 0.080 in.
diameter twisted line. Use original manufacturer’s replacement
line for best performance.
Remove the battery pack.
Push in tabs on side of spool retainer.
Pull spool retainer up to remove.
Remove the old spool.
To install the new spool, make sure the line is captured in
the slot on the new spool. Make sure the end of the line
is extended approximately 6 in. beyond the slot.
Install the new spool so that the line and slot align with the
eyelet in the string head. Thread the line into the eyelet.
Pull the line extending from the string head so the line
releases from the slot in the spool.
Reinstall the spool retainer by depressing tabs into slots
and pushing down until spool retainer clicks into place.
LINE REPLACEMENT
See Figures 14 - 15.
Remove the battery pack.
Remove the spool from the string head.
NOTE:
Remove any old line remaining on the spool.
Cut a piece of line approximately 9 ft. long. Use only
0.065 in. diameter round or twisted or 0.080 in. diameter
twisted line.
Insert the line into the anchor hole in the upper part of the
spool. Wind the line around the upper part of the spool
clockwise, as shown by the arrows on the spool. Place
line in the slot on upper spool flange, leaving about 6 in.
extended beyond the slot. Do not overfill. After winding the
line, there should be at least 1/4 in. between the wound
line and the outside edge of the spool.
Replace the plastic retainer, spool, and the spool retainer.
Refer to
Spool Replacement
earlier in this manual.