Weed Eater Woes

[Maryak]

Help

I have this small bent shaft petrol line trimmer/weed eater. It cuts like a champion with the trimmer horizontal. As soon as I turn it vertical to trim the lawn edges, it cuts for about 3ft then the line has disappeared into the feeder and the machine must be stopped, the line retrieved manually, then another 3ft later the process repeated............most frustrating.

I have observed others and they don't seem to have this problem.

Anybody know what I am doing wrong

Best Regards
Bob

[steamer]

NOPE.   Can't keep mine running for any real length of time .......crap gas full of alcohol.
and I've had my fair share of line feed problems....
Got the carb soaking right now...waiting for the primer bulb I just bought.

Dave

[Mike R]

Bob,


Does it have one of those "bump feed" type heads?  If so it might be missing a spring so that when vertical its OK but sideways its not, or more likely: are you winding the line on the right way? 


Mike

[Maryak]

Thanks Mike,

Yes it's a bump feed, yes the spring is under the feeder and I followed the idiots guide when I re-wound it.

I have heard a some things since I started this

1. The quality of the line.

2. The holes in the feeder need to be oval rather than round.

3. The bump feeder needs to be in effect disabled when working in the vertical.

Don't know if any of it is true but the easy one is put a spacer under the bump mechanism nut and suck it and see.

Best Regards
Bob

[Maryak]

 Hi Guys,

I received this from another forum.

Maryak, have a lot of experience with engine, saws and trimmers used to see them and still do repairs as a side line, the way they work is you must run the machine at full throttle, this give its horsepower, keeps the engine cool and make the line on the feed head the straights, if you run it at a lower speed the line is curved and you are now cutting in the curve area of that line and will use more line and then the heat transfers back into the head and melts the line together, so keep an eye on the head, don't get it real close to the edge of what ever you may want to cut, when you see you are to close tap the head and get more line out then come back to contact point of what you are cutting, have fun, Lathe Nut
 
Guess what............It's spot on. Took me all of 15 mins to edge my lawn and 2 bumps on the feeder.

My Thanks to all who offered their help.

Best Regards
Bob

[steamer]

Well I'll be dipped!   I'll keep that in mind!

Dave