How to Replace the Cutting Line on a Flowtron Leaf Eater

A Flowtron Leaf Eater is a device that mulches leaves, grass and small twigs. Mulching occurs by putting material into the top of the machine while the machine is running. The rotating cutting lines in the spinner chop up the material as it moves through the machine, resulting in fine mulch for use in the garden or planting beds. From time to time, the cutting lines need replacement. Replacing cutting lines in the Flowtron Leaf Eater is relatively simple and only takes a matter of minutes to complete.

Screwdriver
Replacement cutting lines

Instructions

- 1
  Remove the screw from the shaft holding the spinner in place by turning it counterclockwise using a screwdriver. Remove the O-ring and remove the spinner.
- 2
  Pull the old cutter line out of the spinner by sliding the spinner post out of the spinner and pulling the line out of the holes in the spinner post.
- 3
  Slip one end of a replacement Flowtron cutter line, or its equivalent, through two of the holes in the spinner post. Put the ends of the cutter line together and adjust them so that the ends are even with each other. Repeat the procedure for the other line on the other side of the spinner post.
- 4
  Feed both ends of one line through the corresponding ferrule hole in the spinner housing, then repeat the procedure for the line on the other side of the spinner post.
- 5
  Slide the spinner post back into the spinner housing and slip the housing over the shaft. Replace the O-ring. Thread the previously removed screw clockwise into the shaft and tighten it using the screwdriver.

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