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NYLON CUTTING HEAD

The nylon cutting head is a dual string trimmer head capable of both automatic
and bump & feed mechanisms.
The nylon cutting head will automatically feed out the proper length of nylon
cord by the changes in centrifugal force caused by increasing or decreasing
rpms. However, to cut soft grass more efciently, bump the nylon cutting head
against the ground to feed out extra cord as indicated under operation section.

Operation

– Increase the nylon cutting head speed to approx. 6,000 min-1.
Low speed (under 4,800 min-1) is not suitable, the nylon cord will not feed out
properly at low speed.
– The most effective cutting area is shown by the shaded area.
If the nylon cord does not feed out automatically proceed as follows:
1. Release the throttle lever to run the engine idle and then squeeze the
throttle lever fully. Repeat this procedure until the nylon cord feeds out to
the proper length.
2. If the nylon cord is too short to feed out automatically with the above
procedure, bump the knob of the nylon cutting head against the ground to
feed out the nylon cord.
3. If the nylon cord does not feed out with procedure 2, rewind/replace the
nylon cord by following the procedures described under “Replacing the
nylon cord.”
Most effective cutting area
Idle speed Full speed
Knob
Cover
Latches
Press
Press
80 mm (3-1/8”)
Spool
For left hand rotation
Spool
100 mm (3-15/16”)
Notches
Eyelets

Replacing the nylon cord

– First, stop the engine.
– Press on the housing latches inward to lift off the cover, then remove the
spool.
– Hook the center of new nylon cord into the notch in the center of the spool,
with one end of the cord extending about 80 mm (3-1/8”) more than the other.
Then wind both ends rmly around the spool in the direction of the head
rotation (left-hand direction indicated by LH and right-hand direction by RH on
the side of the spool).
– Wind all but about 100 mm (3-15/16”) of the cords, leaving the ends
temporarily hooked through a notch on the side of the spool.
– Mount the spool in the housing so that the grooves and protrusions on the
spool match up with those in the housing. Keep the side with letters on
the spool visible on the top. Now, unhook the ends of the cord from their
temporary position and feed the cords through the eyelets to come out of the
housing.