Ryobi 18v ONE+ P2003, P2004, P2030 String Trimmer Feed Problem - Fixed for Free! 

Oh my goodness. I had both these problems with mine, it was driving me nuts having to constantly stop and manually feed the line. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this vid.

Hi. I found a shot of WD40 keeps the line from sticking. This means you don't have to unwind and rewind the line on the spool. Just spray the line while it's wound on the spool.

I found good lubrication of the button with some heavy weight oil does the trick.

Mine stopped working after a year. I thought it might be the spring being worn or something. Thank you for saving me the effort of sourcing snd replacing it lol.

Hope this video helps all of you having the same problem. Sorry for the focus problems still getting used to my GoPro. For safety sake make sure you pull the battery before working on it as you don’t want to trim your fingernails with this. 🤣

This is the exact same problem Im having with my Ryobi line trimmer. Thank you ever so much for the repair and yes, I agree that the factory spools are wound to tight so you have to rewind them. I wish they would offer a bump head option. I like this trimmer for its lite and only requires an 18v battery. Thanks again.

Thank you! I was having this problem and what you show here totally worked great!

attemp to show up for collecting YOUTUB. point to eaening. this is not good budy..

Yep. Worked for me as well. On my machine, the friction was on the sides of the button. What did we do before RU-vid?

Good vid but my trimmer has line stuck under all that. First X using. Argh!

Dose anyone know what that pice is called or a part number

Can you do a video how to remove the trimmer head? I want to put a cutter blade on it.

Brillant video thanks for sharing!!

Do you have anything for if it keeps feeding? Like my mechanism just keeps spitting out line and then it doesn't get cut so it gets wound up in the motor that turns it

great video. Can you tell me how that casing the spool goes in is held on to the trimmer ? The case spins off the thread as as soon as I start it. I must be missing something

I have one of these trimmers, and a friend bought one as well. I have a lawn mower but he doesn't, so he uses his trimmer much more than I do. He was having to manually adjust the length each time ... not automatically advancing. I discovered that the cheap online trimmer string ... same size

Hey Oak mg - this is BRILLIANT - THANK YOU, my Friend!! That was EXACTLY the problem I was having with my new Ryobi 18 V and your mod fixed the problem instantly!!! I didn't have a Utility Knife handy, but I did have an EXACTO KNIFE, which worked just as good. That would have taken me FOREVER to figure that out! God Bless.

Hey you helped me really well, this is why I love RU-vid, you folks that take your time to help people .

I watched your video and found that mine was missing the little spring on the feed button...no wonder its not working. I'll have to find out if I can order a replacement spring!

Thanks for demonstrating. Good job! I had the second issue that you explain, of spooled line jamming. The line appears to have a backlash on the spool restricting it from unwinding. I had spooled the line myself, so i felt it was properly wound on the spool. Actually I found that a more random or loose wound line will feed properly, but a tight level wound line will backlash. I expect this is a tradeoff of the auto feed design because the line release is actually performed as the reel spins down. Compared to a bump and feed there is less centrifugal pull to keep the line from backlash.

The problem I have with this trimmer is that it keeps letting line out. I have to constantly stop, spool line back in and start trimming again. Very very annoying, especially with a single line trimmer

Just found this video I’ve been having this same issue every 2 feet I have to manually adjust which got old quick I really hope this is the issue with my trimmer thanks

Thanks !!! This helped me fix our problem . Simple fix !

Thanks for the idea. Is there any alternative to the spool other than the attachment they make for it. I tried the one with 2 blades on it and it cracked the first use. It was also supposed to hold single pieces of line that would double up but never got to try that. Don't buy it. I'm looking for an option to replace this cheap line. Even tried the 080 and it still breaks off. I continuously have to open it up and put the line back through the hole. I'll see if this fix could be my problem but still looking for alternatives

My string was too long and got caught in the mechanism. We tried to pull it out, but the string broke. There must be a piece wound inside. Any ideas how to get inside to remove the caught piece?

thank you for this video I will check it out one other situation is that the trimmer started smoking. What do you think that might caused that?

How do you replace a carbon brush for 18V hybrid edger string type??

I am trying to find spring for this.. lost the spring

THANK YOU! I thought it was something like this … you confirmed it, explained it, and provided an easy fix. I appreciate it!

I hope it's that easy to fix! I'm headed out to the garage with my cutter now. My easy edge trimmer has worked great for about 7 years; until yesterday...

This was exactly the issue with mine, thank you!

Worked perfectly, I had to also cut on the right side and left side of my button to totally free it up.

Ran into the same feed issue. Thanks for the video.

Thanks very well explained

Yes, that helped me. I just fixed mine just now! Thank you!!

Thank you sir!

Tried the oiling it route. Did not work. This did. I did smell burning plastic before it started going bad, so your explanation was spot on! Was about to dump it in the trash. You saved me!

Huge help 🙏

nice

Good tip

Thank you. This worked for me. However, mine was catching more on the side than on the top. But same principle. Thanks again.

I hope it's that easy to fix! I'm headed out to the garage with my cutter now. My easy edge trimmer has worked great for about 7 years; until yesterday...