How to Add Trim String to a Homelite Weedeater

Replace the Spool

• 1

  Unplug an electric-model string trimmer. Remove the spark plug from a gas model.

• 2

  Squeeze the tabs on either side of the spool as you pull the spool off the string trimmer.

• 3

  Push one end of the string from a 0.065-inch monofilament line spool through one hole on the string trimmer’s spool and the other line through the other hole. Pull the string out approximately 6 inches on both sides of the spool.

• 4

  Align the string with the openings in the string trimmer’s head. Run the ends of the string through the eyelets on the head.

• 5

  Squeeze the tabs on the spool together and snap it back onto the string trimmer. It’s in place when you hear a “click.”

Add Replacement String

• 6

  Unplug an electric model or remove the spark plug from a gas model so the string trimmer doesn’t start while you are working on it.

• 7

  Remove the spool by squeezing the tabs on the sides of it together. Pull off any string that remains on the spool.

• 8

  Cut two 9-foot-long pieces of 0.065-inch monofilament line replacement string. Insert the end of one piece into the anchor hole located in the top of the spool Wrap this string clockwise around the top of the spool. Use the arrows on the spool as your guide. Leave the last 6 inches of string hanging out of the hole on the side of the spool. Remove some line if it comes within one-fourth inch of the outside edge of the spool.

• 9

  Wrap the second piece of 0.065-inch monofilament line replacement string counterclockwise around the bottom of the spool. Leave a 6-inch tail on this string, but extend it out the opposite side of the spool.

• 10

  Run the ends of the strings through the openings in the trimmer’s head. Squeeze the tabs together and snap the spool back onto the string trimmer’s head.