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Maintenance and care
Replacing nylon line
1.
Press "retaining pawls" (at two places) inward and remove
cover. It is easier to remove one after another.
2. Remove
spool.
3.
When nylon line on the spool is almost exhausted, remove
remaining line from spool and wind "new line" according to
the procedures (4) and beyond. When the line on the spool
is "melted and stuck" remove the entire line while peeling off
the "melted and stuck" portion and wind the "removed line"
anew according to procedures (4) and beyond.
4.
Bend the line at the point 12 cm away from the middle of
whole length and hook the bent portion into the "notch" of the
intermediate separator.
5.
Wind the line firmly into groove of the spool following "wind-
ing direction for the line LH".
6.
When the line is wound to the end, tentatively hook both line
ends into respective notch of spool, leaving line ends ap-
proximately 10cm beyond notch.
7.
Align notches of spool for the line with grooves of eyelets
and fit spool into cover.
8.
Pull out the line from cover. (A) Remove the line from "re-
spective notch of spool", and (B) pass it through "groove of
respective eyelet".
DANGER
Shut down trimmer engine without fail and make sure nylon line cutting head has stopped rotating before starting
replacement procedure.
To do so could lead to an accident or serious injury.
WARNING
Use only flexible, non-metallic line recommended by YAMABIKO CORPORATION.
Failure to do so could lead to an accident or serious injury.
