Fixing Trimmer Head Seizure On A Weed Eater FeatherLite
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- A step by step instruction on how I fixed the trimmer head seizure problem on my FeatherLite.
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For the non xt200 featherlites, the bushing is crimped in. Once the head is removed, unscrew the large nut from the threads and remove. Remove grass and debris from inside the nut. Use a piece of wood and tap the end of the screw and it will recess partially into the tube. Spray lubricant around the screw and screw the nut back on to pull the screw back out. Do this several times until screw moves and spins freely.
Thank you for the information. I'm sure that will help someone.
I had a model older than this one that I love. My sister has difficulty with tools that are too heavy and she actually loved mine and found it easy to use ruclips.net/user/postUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG . This is a newer model but was even lighter which she really appreciates. She enjoys it and I no longer have to go to her house to trim as she can handle it fine. Haven't used it enough to comment on the battery life but lithium batteries last longer than the old style. Being cordless makes it easy to trim the far edges of the property. The entire yard can be trimmed with one charged battery.
While this doesn't fix my problem - the line release bump is stuck - your videa clarified for me how to fix an even bigger problem! Also, I learned why I need a vice and bench. Finally, EXCELLENT PRODUCTION VALUES. Not too busy. Not too much talking. And the fact that you didn't clean off your weedeater makes me feel like I am not alone in leaving mine grimey green.
Thanks for the compliment. You're definitely not alone with the grimy green, lol. And I would certainly be lost without my bench vise, for sure. The stuck line release... Take the line reel unit apart and give it a good cleaning, then some lubrication. If that doesn't solve the problem, a new trimmer head assembly may be required.
Hey for telling us
+1 on the vise
Thank you for being real! Tired of so many tutorals that edit the actual dismantle because of there fails probly alota cussin n gruntin! They will magically have apart like it was easy ready to put on the new !thats not helping thats bs! So i do appreciate you ! Wasnt seakin,that type of head exchange but i will need that info. Next fix i was definately stumped looking at mine not really worry yet but i definately have the know how now when i get to it
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video.
This video, 10 minutes and I'm back in the fight. Thank you Sir!
Richard Magbanua Awesome!
Had mine just start falling out, leaving the flex shaft fall out of the engines drive socket. Yep, the grass will wrap around anything, like fishing string behind the propeller on your boat, then the seal leaks. Fixed vehicles for over 30 years and never new how this end came apart and worked. I do use a quality wheel bearing grease on the flex shaft, which is basically a gigantic version of the speedometer shaft for those of you that did not know everything was electronic. Great video and glad you chose to speak when needed. Question; Why are these made to fit guys that are between 4' 5" - 5' tall? At 6' 3" my back hurts. Using electrical conduit and a bicycle grip plus a few hose clamps, I added a long grip on the OEM handle. I spray painted it black for effects. This way I can stand straight up like a man and use in normal string trimmer mode or as an edger. I should patent this idea, but too late now.
I hear ya, lol. I'm 5' 9" and my back always hurt using this thing for long periods.
Thank you! I could tell that there was something in there jamming it, but didn't know how to get the bushing assembly off. This helped a lot.
krista9015 Great! Glad it helped you out. :)
Big help, thanks, mine didn't have hardly any crap in the bush, just dry. Mr. Grease sorted it out.
Excellent!
thanks for your response. I took the housing apart and work it out that same nite I was back in the game that night. thanks
+Derrick Drummer Awesome! :)
Exactly the video I was hoping to find. Thanks Man!!!!
Thanks William. I have never had to grease it yet. I imagine that if replacing the flex shaft, then yes.
Thank you for this excellent video. Now I just need one to show me how to change my split primer bulb.
Tim Smith Very welcome Tim. Yeah, I haven't had to mess with the bulb yet. I imagine there has to be a video somewhere about it, and/or the carburetor.
thanks so much for your excellent help and spending the time for others
Very welcome, Martin.
From looking at the diagram for your model, it looks like it should bang out like mine. If yours does not have the nut like on my weedeater, is there a lip there that can be used to hammer the bushing out?
Great video. I have the same machine but instead of locked up it's loose and vibrating.
Thanks.
EXCELLENT! It fixed my problem!
Great!
Very good video! Does the inside shaft have to be greased ever?
That was absolutely awesome, learnt me something!
+Ronnie Eversole Great! Glad you enjoyed it.
I got one of those feather lites for free was told it was junk i did a complete tear down cleaned everything inspected everything its wasnt to bad of shape no scarin on the piston thank god used scotch brite pad cleaned piston head off claned the ring etc. Pulled card apart soaked it in mineral spirits got some crap out of it looked at gas lines and i found the problem there no filter on the gas line lol so i put a filter on her assembled everything new gas and primed it 3 times 1st pull she started up i pulled the trimmer head off made some modifications to the string head so it has 2 strings instead of 1 string im a smart fella for only bein 17 lol
Thank you. I will try this. Don’t have a Vice.
Great video, I’ll try this week!
Thank you Thank you Thank you! Mine didn't seize the whole assembly fell out. I have to figure out to lock it together.
If you're talking about the bushing assembly falling out, you can deform (slightly out of round) the end of the tube with pliers and hammer the assembly back in... making sure the drive cable engages as you do so. A different way is to cut a slit (about an inch or so) with a hacksaw on the end of the tube, put the assembly in and use a hose clamp to tighten it all together.
Thanks for video. Never would have thought grass had the head seized up.
jeff grindstoker Very welcome Jeff
Which parts did you separate for the cord to be able to work? Bushing from shaft or engine from shaft? When you pulled the cord (when separated) can you tell that the engine is turning?
Does your model have the 1 or 2 piece shaft? If it's the 2 piece shaft, then you MAY have to take apart the upper portion of the lower shaft (inside the coupling area between the two shafts) in order to release the bushing. This is just an assumption though as I do not have one in front of me, and have not had the opportunity to work on one.
Thanks. Did you take the bushing out to see if it was worn?
Nice work
Thank you. Hope it helped you out.
Yeah, I replaced mine awhile back. I think I got them online somewhere, just don't quite remember where at the moment.
excellent video; thank you sir
David Woods Very welcome
Not yet. It also needs new fuel hoses. They don't seem to last long. Not sure where to get them yet. By the time I get it fixed I probably won't need it but will be ready for next year.
Good Job.!!!
Glad you enjoyed the video.
To start off, do you have the same model as the one in the video here (xt200)? If not, what model do you have?
Thanks very much watching your video I fix mine
Awesome!
Thanks that was very helpful.
Awesome!
Charlie,
Thank you for the excellent video. This is just what I needed to fix the weedeater!
Great! Very welcome.
Thanks for the video. Very Helpful. Do you have a video on changing the trimmer head? I purchased a Rino Tuff Auto Winder II Bump Head. Will that work?
Hello Royce. In the video here, I show how to remove the head. I have not used the Rino Winder, but it does look pretty universal, so I imagine it would most likely work. There are videos on RUclips showing, in detailed, how to install it. Just do a search on the Rino Winder II. They should help you out.
Thanks
You bet!
I am still using my Festherlite FL-20 but don't know how to wind the line without it breaking and getting knotted in the head. How to wind it? All other videos are recent and for a different style of bump feed head.
Did you get it figured out?
@@sunny5rising No. Not yet
Mann I would love to figure out how to take my piece of junk trimmer apart. It's electric and the grass keeps getting clogged around the spinner. I have unclogged it like three time in one day. I've no idea how to take it apart. Black n decker grass hog really old.
+crumb9cheese Yeah, they can be a bit tricky to figure out sometimes. I've never had the pleasure of working on that model, so I can't really help much.
How you go about taking the head off of Black & Decker electric weed eater
Great video but I can't seem to find info on what I need. My flex shaft needed to be replaced on my featherlite plus. When the replacement shaft came in I noted it was 1" longer than the original. Apparently it broke off 1" shy of where it goes into the square hole in the top of the spinning bolt at the bottom of the shaft (this is the bolt the head threads onto). This "plug" that fits into the shaft and has a hole for the spinning bolt is probably pressed in. If it was a straight shaft, I could use a piece of round stock and hammer it out but, I have the curved shaft. Any experience with this or ideas?
+curiouscharacter1 If I understand you correctly, you have the same shaft as mine and should be able to remove the bushing assembly like I did... if you need to remove it that is. Please explain more if I'm wrong.
Well, you know, I watched your video and it didn't register with me that you just hammered it out by banging on the ring threaded on the bottom bolt. I unthreaded that, was perplexed how to get the assembly out, tried to rig up a slide hammer rig to pull it out (didn't work), and eventually removed the nylon centering sleeve that runs the full length of the shaft and hammered the bolt up through the bushing so it could drop out the top with the 1" piece of sheared off flex cable. Kind of a bass-ackwards way of doing it but I got it up and running this afternoon. I apologize for implying your video was inadequate when it was only my own inattention as the cause. If it will make you feel any better, I spent almost 1 1/2 hrs more on this than I should have by not closely watching (slaps forehead ala "I coulda had a V--8"commercial). Additionally, thank you for being one of the few people on RUclips who take the time to answer questions. It's commendable that over 6 years after your original posting, you're still willing to address people's questions.
+curiouscharacter1 Awesome! Glad you got it going. I had no idea it could be done the way you did it. It never crossed my mind. Thanks for sharing. By the way, to this day I still use that trimmer.
What could make this weedeater spin backwards like the string blade is backwards
Possibly a stripped or broken flex shaft.
Well my trimmer head keeps falling off.. just unscrews itself when i try to ignite trimmer unlesss i start it from first drag it keeps in place during work but as soon i stop it it just unscrews again and falls down.. i tryed to mount the whole head as good as i can as far as screwing allows...maybe need more strenght in doing so ? or additional wrench would help as i was using my hands only ... ??
Two wrenches would help, but make sure not to tighten it to the point of stripping the threads. It really shouldn't take all that much to get it tight enough. Almost sounds like the threads are already messed up OR not the right size for the shaft. Is this a new head? Have you tried a different one to see if the problem goes away?
I was wondering do you no how to unstop the mufflers on the Featherlite weedeaters, the one u r showing there
+Ronnie Eversole I haven't had to work on the muffler on this one. What do you mean by unstop? Is it clogged?
Great video however, it does not address my issue and I can't find a resolution anywhere. Hoping you can help. My WSeedeater Featherlite FX26SC starts up fine and seems to run well but the head spins too slowly to cut anything. (The head spins fine when I test it when it's not running.) Any suggestions?
+Tammy Blanchette
Tammy, it seems to me that either one of the drive couplings is stripped/broken or a drive cable is broken. Here are part diagrams and parts once you find the specific issue. www.ereplacementparts.com/weed-eater-fx26sc-gas-trimmer-parts-c-17589_17626_168808.html
Thank you Charlie. I didn't think it could be the drive cable because the head does turn but maybe that's it. I'll look at the couplings also. Thanks again!
+Tammy Blanchette
Very welcome. You'll figure it out. ☺
I have a Weedeater xtreme fx26sc I need to change the trimmer head and fix a seizure problem. I got the head off, but I cannot get the bushing out. The model I have does not have the nut to hold on to that you show in the video. Any idea how I get it out?
there is a very small lip that I tried to hold with pliers and hammer out, but I can't get it to budge.
this has everything but what I need. the hut bolt has sieded up so what do i need to do
Which bolt has seized up there John?
Hi.How it called this part which you removed from tube?Thanks a lot
+Ivan Stanojević Shaft bushing assembly.
The problem i have is when i pull the cord it wont budge. When i opened it up and seperated it the cord worked fine but when I put it back together the cord would be stuck again.
do you know how to do this on a homelight model i am having the same issue but i cant take the bushing out
Austin, I haven't worked on any of those. If you can't get it out (if it even comes out), you might have to replace the whole shaft assembly (probably around $50) to fix your problem. I know this isn't much help, sorry.
I've never had a weedeater blow up on me. If you are really worried about it though, just have a "friend" do it while you stand at a safe distance, lol.
How do I put a blade on it
What does it mean when your weedeater runs but won't spin?
do u have any videos on a homelite weedeater!!
+John Lopez Unfortunately Not. This is the only trimmer I've had the pleasure of working on.
You bet!
Mine was working great, ran out of line. Put more line on it, now, it squeals when running. what is up with that ?
Right off hand, I don't know. Did you figure out where the noise is coming from?
if you watch you video from 1:00-1:30, that area sounds to be where the screeching is coming from. The next day, I fired it up, ran fine for about 10 min, then start squealing. with it still running, sprayed some silicone in it, seemed to get rid of the noise, but only a temporary fix, I am sure.
i have a trimmer head exactly like yours but i cant open it. HELP
will this technique work on a Murray trimmer
+Sp8cegang Banks I can't answer that one. I have only worked on the one in the video.
I have a ryobi 4 cycle and the head is loose it spins but its loose how fix this
mexicangamer Afraid I can't be of much help on the Ryobi, except to say you'll probably have to take it apart and see what's going on. I haven't worked on one, so I don't know.
My problem is not that it locks up but that it falls out. Anyway to fix the head when it falls out when cutting.
Mine started doing this after awhile. To fix it, I just squeezed (deformed) the tubing a little bit and hammered the bushing back in.
now do a black and decker one its battery powered
Good fucking video!
how to unlock my seized up Featherlite weedeater
+Derrick Drummer Depends on the actual problem, Derrick. This video only covers one possibility.
Where can i get another bearing?
+Jacob Pryor Should be able to find bearings online, I imagine. If you are talking about the bushing though, that might be a different result altogether.
i cant get the bushing assembly out!
clayton curtis Any luck on that yet? I know it can be a pain in the butt to get off.
im simple...maybe not over use your equipment... dont start at the bottom start at the top no rush take your time
Lex Luther Yeah, I certainly give it hell, lol
why did you post this comment on multiple videos?
The trimmer head keeps coming off when I go to weed eat
Next time it falls off, try swishing the tube a bit then hammer the busing assembly back in.
Nvm there was no grass caught in the head..
You are so horribly incorrect about the part where you said it will be hard to pull fix a centrifugal clutch needs speed to engage to the clutch Bell Witch in other words spin the head
This model doesn't have a centrifugal clutch. It's a direct drive system.