No kidding. I spent like 45 minutes trying to feed the line through. Staring at the "instruction card". I am still struggling to wind the line back INTO the spool. This is by far the most tedious reloading of a a weed wacker I have ever encountered. Wild! Thank you for your help. 😉
There are some just plain outright NICE folks on RU-vid. Taking the time and being so explicit as to just how it works and what to expect. Thank you sir.
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Thanks dude ive owned this thing for almost two years and always took it apart to redo the line, this is much easier. Hardest part was remembering where I put that little green thing lol
Thanks dude, you saved me 40 minutes of looking for the manual and 20 minutes figuring out what the manual says and actually doing it. You are my hero, for the day. Happy Fathers Day 2022.
Thanks for posting this and potentially saving my weed wacker from an unfortunate victim of my temper tantrums. Damn that was easy to reload. THANK YOU!
Thank you!! I can’t put my hands on the manual right now & I’m sitting out here in 101* trying to finish this yard before it gets dark or it storms...both of which are about to happen any minute now & I’ve been trying to do the old school method...pulling it apart etc...I thought my line was out but I had beaucoup left. I didn’t realize this was a bump model. The last weed eater I had was an auto feed (which never worked properly) & this Ryobi is the second weed eater Ive ever owned so I didn’t know anything about bumping...I pulled the head off & about a foot of string flew out so I’ve been trying to manually rewind it & put it back together for about 15 minutes 🥴🥴🥴 I was ready to toss the whole weed eater over the neighbors fence 🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯
Yet another legend on RU-vid helping those out that are either having difficulties or were stupid enough to throw out/lose the instructions. Cheers for that mate.
thank you so much, I had no idea how to put more line on the weed eater. Your directions are so clear and easy, I did purchase the pack of replacements which I am going to return. Thank you it is much appreciated.
I had a model older than this one that I love. My sister has difficulty with tools that are too heavy and she actually loved mine and found it easy to use ru-vid.comUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG . This is a newer model but was even lighter which she really appreciates. She enjoys it and I no longer have to go to her house to trim as she can handle it fine. Haven't used it enough to comment on the battery life but lithium batteries last longer than the old style. Being cordless makes it easy to trim the far edges of the property. The entire yard can be trimmed with one charged battery.
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I have been struggling with this piece of machinery for quite some time, taking it apart, putting it back together, fail, fail, fail. Thank you so much for this super easy to understand tutorial. And actually, the tool to wind the string up is not a necessary. It can easily be done manually.
Thanks for getting to the point quickly. Soooo many how-to vids take alot of chit-chat before they get to the info needed. Less backstory and more facts I say.
ERIC! Thank You! you just made my day. The instructions that came with my trimmer had a diagram that wasn't very clear and I tried to reload it with "common sense" and that didn't work...LOL! Your short to point video provided all the info needed to get back to my yard work. Thank you again. P.S. Thanks for the tip on buying the line in bulk. I thought I needed Ryobi brand line. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Have an amazing day.
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Yeaaaaaah I’ve never been so thrilled to have come across a video prior to this one!🤯 I had been taking the entire thing apart to restring it... just to have it not work correctly or throw the line moments after!😖 Thank you so much Eric, you the real MVP!
Thank you. I used this video when I first got mine. I moved and went to a rental for a year so it sat in storage. And came back to this same video because I forgot. Helped just like the first go round. Thank you!
This was one of the best. I'm new to week wacking (bought a house) and it is the most frustrating thing to string the weed wacker. Not anymore! thanks Eric. I'm saving your video its a keeper!
I have been struggling with how to use this equipment. I should've been used RU-vid! Never knew what the separate green knob was used for. I had no instructions as they got thrown away. Thank you sooooo much!
Thank you very much! Prior to watching this, I had it open and tried to feed it through while putting it back together. Luckily I kept the tool from the box to wind it up from outside. Works great now!
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I just did this for the first time, I wish I had a video to send you cause I watched 3 videos and couldn't get it, I watched yours and pushed the line straight thru and tightened it up with the wrenchthingamabob, THANKS BROTHA. GOD BLESS TEXAS. 🙏
Thank you very much, there is no way I could have worked that out myself and I cannot find my book. Now, I need to go out and get working. Many thanks, again. Cheers!
If you don’t have the tool or it isn’t aligned, simply detatch it from the head and align the holes and route the string. You can then twist the green part by hand, spooling the string. Wash it if it’s stuck with gunk.
Man I have looked everywhere for a simple to understand explanation on how to load new line into my whipper snipper (Aussie for weed whacker). Thanks for making this video! Legend!
Awesome video, thank you so much! I had taken my trimmer head apart then couldn't find instructions anywhere on how to wind the new string. The official Ryobi video and instructions were worse than useless, so glad I found this!!
You helped me diagnose a feeding problem with the string trimmer my work has today...they had 2.5x the line you're supposed to run installed so it kept just throwing out more line like its name was Oprah. Thank you!
This works like a dream ....I have a Ryobi expand-it weedwacker, I use 90lb as well...wow I wish I knew this a couple years ago...been stringing it the hard way all this time. I have no tool, and I never bump...did it by hand, easy peasy. Thank you for this video!! 👍
I'd given up hope on re-stringing my new Ryobi! It just wasn't working. All I could remember was reading DON'T take the head apart, but it just happened. I bought a new head, but am going to return it now because, after watching your video, re-stringing it worked just right!! I'm going to get the bigger 'string' which looks pretty deadly. Got so much rain here in May, have to do the back yard again!! Thank you! You're magic!!
Literally just did this in about 1 minute. Thank you. Omg I took it apart last week anwas trying to push it in n out both holes what a nightmare. So much easier the correct qay thanks again
I had to watch your video and I wanna say thanks for all the help. I have a Homelite straight shaft 26cc dual line and I had know clue how to put the string on it until I watched your video about stringing your Ryobi weed trimmer. Thanks once again
Lol thanks man. I was trying to do it the old way and removed the entire end. I then realized that the holes went all the way through…so I thought cool no jamming the ends in and start turning and turning. Well after that I had this wad of stuff in my hands and was like I am never going to get these ends in these holes. 😂 So I went straight to RU-vid and yours was the first to pop up. I am so glad they finally made this easy to do. I’m at my girlfriends house and this was her ex husbands 4 cycle weedeater that I finally got running and he ran it out of string. I do not see that turning wrench you have anywhere but I da*n sure have channel locks. Thanks for posting this. 🫡👍👍👍👍👍👍
If the world realized the actual real value of the internet and You Tube and how we all could get together and actually solve the planets problems and also restring my trimmer. Thank you I subscribed!
@@scratchgolf Well don't give up. If I figure it out myself I'll return the favor. I do know it becomes a job like anything else. So you do have to devote the time and effort into it as if it is a job which is something I have myself not been able to do because of my mental flaws and attention deficit. I am 69 YO crazy old man. Have a great day, Lets save the planet!
Thanks mate, liked and subscribed. Had literal anxiety thinking about replacing my line as I’ve never done it before. Back slashing grass in no time after watching this. Thanks so much
So happy to come across your video! We have watched so many others where you have to take the head apart and this is so simple! Kicking myself for all the time wasted with other methods!
Thank you for getting right to the point 👍everybody else was yap yap yap and I spent minutes listening to stories wich (sorry) didn't have the time 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍you showed me in seconds how to!! Thank you 👏👏👍
Eric C, Hi There, Welcome to Auckland New Zealand mate. thanks for this. My old weed eater just went for yr & yrs, Got myself a new one for Christmas, And thanks to your Video, I have managed to give my weeds a bit of a hiding
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Thanks so much for this. Whacker belongs to my brother & he's out of town so I needed help with restringing. Yes I had taken the unit apart & then did a search on You Tube. You wouldn't think a tutorial like this would be needed but IT WAS. My only suggestion is to remind viewers to turn the knob so arrows are not lined up once unit is threaded (I think we are supposed to do this). You could add this step via text. You're a life saver!
@@scratchgolf is there a way to keep the whacker turned on or do I have to grip the lever the entire time as I am doing now. It's hard on the hands after a couple of hours.
@@scratchgolf my Ryobi whacker got stuck in "on" mode for the last hour of my whacking. I unplugged it then replugged & it was still stuck on "onn" mode. It has done this before but never stayed on after unplugging. It made whacking much easier. Will check status tomorrow.
Excellent, really helped me. I had to press the releases to re-thread my nylon so that the nylon went through the holes correctly as an extra. Thanks very much, really good!
I was watching along with u. Good video. I had lost my green crank thing though, and had to do it by hand. It turned pretty easy. So ya probably don’t even need the crank. :) Just a tip for those who also lost their green crank thing! ;-)