Use and Care Guide

STRING TRIMMER ATTACHMENT — STA1500/STA1500-FC 29
PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
Trimmer
head will not
advance line.
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The drive shaft or trimmer
head is bound with grass.
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Stop the trimmer, remove the battery,
and clean the drive shaft and trimmer
head. Take care to thoroughly clean the
accumulated grass between the lower
cover and housing of the trimmer head
(See Fig. 23).
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There is not enough line on
the spool.
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Remove the battery and replace the
cutting line; follow the section "LOAD
NEW CUTTING LINE" in this manual.
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The line is tangled in the
spool.
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Remove the battery, remove the line from
the spool and rewind; follow the section
"LOAD NEW CUTTING LINE" in this
manual.
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The line is too short.
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Remove the battery and pull the lines
manually while alternately pressing down
and releasing the trimmer head.
Grass wraps
around trimmer
head and mo-
tor housing.
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Cutting tall grass at ground
level.
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Cut tall grass from the top down,
removing no more than 8 inches in each
pass to prevent wrapping.
The blade is
not cutting the
line.
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The line-cutting blade on
the edge of the guard has
become dull.
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Sharpen the line-cutting blade with a file
or replace it with a new blade.
Cracks on the
trimmer head
or the lower
cover assembly
comes loose
from the upper
cover.
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The trimmer head is worn
out.
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Replace the trimmer head immediately;
follow the section
"TRIMMER HEAD REPLACEMENT"
in this manual.