How to ReString, ReSpool or ReLine Ryobi weed trimmer weed wacker whipper snipper 

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Thank you so much I have been struggling to restring mine and without a dad life is very hard

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. 😉

You should work for Ryobi , you are the only chap who demonstrates this process thank you

A new brand with a new mechanism on a friend's whipper snipper. I had no idea, now all sorted. Thanks Eric, easily done.

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.

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.

The first goober I watched had me taking this apart!! So glad I found you! THANK YOU

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!

My dad and i used to landscape every week and i took forever to figure this out. Thabk you!!! My dad would be even more proud!

words can't even describe how dense I feel😂🤦🏿 thank you man

When owners manual fails. RU-vid it. Thanks for the help

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.

Whispering thank you as a tear rolls slowly down my cheek.

Thank you! I’m doing my own lawn now & have never strung a weed eater. Awesome video! Very thorough & to the point! I can do this! 😂 Thanks again!

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.

Thank you! Lost the tool so I used my hand to wind and that worked easy.

Love the Quick and easy explanation/tutorial! Got me back up and running in minutes with my first time using my weed wacker! Thank you!

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.

Why can't people make videos like yours. Easy as chips.

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.

This was very helpful. I bought mine last year and I love it. It's so much easier than dealing with a gasoline engine and it works equally as well.

No way!!!! Mr 12 and I just watched as I was trying to do it the old school way. Thanks so much

I’ve watched several videos that were supposed to show me what you showed me. Thanks for showing me the right way to do it. It worked! ❤️🇺🇸♥️

Thank you. I borrowed my friends and it ran out lol. Anyway, for everyone out there. You can do this by hand, you don't need that little tool.

Thank you everyone so much for helping me hit over 100k views!!!! I made an update with some tweaks if you like check it out here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Yx4yjWIGJV0.html

Thank you! Had mine on a shelf for a year before getting smart enough to ask RU-vid. Feel stupid now but glad I can use it again.

It’s funny ,being using my whipper snipper from years but didn’t know how to put string properly 🤦🏽.Thanx man

Very nice and quick explanation, I've been struggling to figure this out on my own and didn't realize it was this easy! Much appreciated.

Thank God for this guy, I was about to have a raging fit!

Good video, no music, no nonsense straight to the point. 💯

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!

Thanks so much! Worked like a charm, even without the missing winder handle. I just turned it by hand, and it was good to go!

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!

Thanks! I just had to redo mine and didn’t realize you went all the way through and evened. Great video!

You are a god-send! I had no clue you could do it like this. I had line all over the place trying to do it taken apart.

You just saved a life I was about to beat my neighbor with the weed wacker I couldn't restring thank you so much for keeping me out of prison

You are also able to twist the wire into place without that tool you were using

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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You just saved me and grandpa a hour from trying figure this out by ourselves 😭😂

Oh. My. God. It's THAT easy? Wow. I've been sitting here for an hour screaming at the God damn thing. Thank you 😊

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!

Add 16 feet max to the trimmer container.

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.

Thank you for saving me what could have been an hour of figuring this shit out.

I was totally lost trying to restring my Ryobi 18V brushless week eater. Your video is a lifesaver! Thank you very much

Awesome. Simple, easy & to the point. Just what I was looking for. Thanks

These Ryobi tools come with little in the way of instructions. But this video worked for me in 60 seconds.!!!

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!

Thanks for the video! BTW: the manual says to load 10 feet at a time, so load that puppy up!

What do you do when your spool won't accept line? I can't get it to feed straight through even though arrows are lined up ...

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!!

Good video. Very relatable, no intro bullshit, pocket knife instead of scissors, etc. thanks for the information.

THAT'S WHAT THAT THIS WAS FOR??? omg lol

I measure about 10 feet as with the 3 feet it won't last long

My god did this make my day a whole lot easier, you brilliant bloke

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!

Thanks for making the job seem so effortless. The instructions in the spool pack were complete garbage.

You don't need that ratchet tool to wind the line in. Just turn it by hand.

Thank you for making this so easy for me I was struggling for a little while Till I watched your video Thank you again

Thank you so much! Been stringing weed wackers for 30 years and never knew how to do it properly

If I had a nickle for every view....

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

Thank you! I was struggling with this blasted thing! Now I can go to town this lovely morning.

You just saved me a lot of time. Thanks. Lost my manual.

Thanks for the tutorial. Turned out to be a lot simpler than I thought.

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

Terrific ...clear explanation..reasonable visuals...many thanks from an ancient Aussie

It was dads job to wippersip but he hasn’t been lately. This video was very helpful for me and mum

Thank you Sir! Also your taste in hockey teams are great! Go Wild!

Thank you so much. I’m a wife and trying to be helpful. Greatly appreciated

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!

Awesomeness man... The 42 ppl that don't like this I think you don't like yourself because its just real and basic as can be thanks for your help dude

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!

Awesome! Thank you! I have all the paper work that came with mine (I think anyway), and not a single word on how to do this.

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 👏👏👍

Great video, I responded my weed eater as I was watching the video.

Excellent demonstration. Plain and simple and to the point. Took more time to find my wire than putting it in! All of 5 minutes! Great!!👍

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

I bought mine 2nd hand from a pawn shop. I don't have that tool but I inserted about 1m & wind it in by hand. Thanks for the instructions.

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!

Thanks for video. My line ran out and you got me through installing new line.

i unhitched the bottom housing and spool from the top and was able to wind it in by hand. easy peasy

Wow, I’ve been doing this wrong for years. THANK YOU!

Good video. The Ryobi precut lengths that came with my weedeater are about 6 feet long, so you can almost double the load

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!

Thank you. I started disassembling and found this

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! ;-)

Dude!!! Thank you sooo much! I'm in a super big hurry trying to get out the door with my granddaughters and you just saved me so much time!

Dude, thank you. I have been doing this wrong for a couple years! I feel so dumb.