New! How to Re-Spool the Dewalt DCST920 20V Max Cordless String Weed Trimmer!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Here is a new and improved how-to for Re-spooling your Dewalt String Trimmer with new string. This is the Version 4 of Dewalts 20v Max trimmer series. Hope this helps...Please LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE DEWALT CONTENT!
I’ve watched this video every spring for 3 years. I have no idea what I’d do without it.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one lmao. this video saves my life yearly
Same here, rewatching for the spring season lol
Thanks Nate now hopefully I can find it in the creek now from when I threw it.
Exactly
I am about to throw mine too. Glad to know I am not the only one with problems with this trimmer.
@@jameslouis1627 the 60v is awesome
Mine is currently looking like a banana because I have hit this thing more than weed eat
FOR REAL!!!!
At least 3 times a year I pull this video back up as a reference and for that I am very grateful for you making this video. Sincerely, a random guy on the internet
This is my second time watching this video. Thanks from a second random guy on the internet.
Me to 🏴
Another random guy that was baffled . Thank you!!
Exactly thank you so much
You don’t have to take the cap off. There’s an arrow on the top of the rotor (between the rotor and the guard). Line that up with one of the holes and slide the string in until there’s an equal amount on each side and then twist the cap until the string is the right length.
Nate circumstances beyond my control have me having to do my yard work. I figured how hard can it be? Well this trimmer had me ready to cry cause i couldn't figure out how to reload the string. A great big thank you for taking the time to show me/us how.
LOL! Not at you, but with your plight. I have rheumatoid arthritis and have had a yard man do my mowing and edging for the past 3 years, because I simply could not bend over or stand all that long. Well, he passed away with a heart attack this past week and I ended up having to get a riding lawn mower and a new trimmer. Heck, I just had a whole new front yard of sod lain, so now I have to water twice a day or more often, as well. I got this particular trimmer, as the batteries also work in many of my DeWalt tools. Also, it is light weight and that helps keep my arms from hurting when in use like my old trimmer did. Yup, life's circumstances can change in a heartbeat for all of us. When my yard man passed away, I lost a very good and trusted friend. I'm back to trying to beat the heat and humidity in Texas and get my yardwork done on my own these days. Some days it is easier than others. Glad to have viewed this video as the manual is pretty bad in my opinion.
Thanks this was so helpful! My husband left me a year ago and i am slowly learning to do these types of things myself. Kind of rewarding! Wish he left earlier lol
My grass trimmer sat in my garage for over a year, before I found your tutorial, massive help... thank you
For the last 18 months I've not let the lawn crew edge or use a weed eater in my back yard. ruclips.net/user/postUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG I didn't like the fact that they just kept cutting the edge of the lawn further and further from the rock lining the flower beds and leaving bare ground. And the grass was trimmed or scalped several feet around trees, etc. It was a constant battle with them so I told them to just mow and no trimming. I have Zoysia grass so it grows pretty slow. Obviously after a while it could use some trimming. I'm in my 80's so I can't do much of it myself.Finally I decided that if I could find a lightweight battery powered trimmer I might be able to do some light trimming. I decided to buy the LST201 20V trimmer. And it works great for my needs. I have back yard with about 150' of flower beds and several trees to be trimmed. I can lightly trim the whole yard with a single charge! The grass I trimmed was only a few inches high but the trimmer was more powerful than I expected.
I bought mine about 3 or 4 years ago and struggle to get it restrung. I contacted Dewalt and they suck with this particular weed trimmer. They finally found what I think are the right directions. It says to use 25 feet of string but I can't get mine to turn to wind that string on. I suspect there is gunk in there somewhere but can't find directions to get it apart to clean it. Your directions are great!! My weed eater isn't.
This may be an "old" video but I want you to know it helped me. I think I got mine restrung in just under 4:20 seconds. Great help, many thanks!
Thanks Nate, I just searched my entire house for the instructions and fortunately found your tutorial for the exact same model I have. The only better thing that can happen now is if you would come and trim for me. Thanks
About once a year i find this video and rewatch it. Been a life saver.
Thanks for the kind words!
A lot of people are doing this the same as in the video but it's a but extra to do it this way. If you just place the cap back on after putting the string thru the holes then you can just hold the whole cap assembly and spin the base plate to wind the string. That is why everyone is arguing all over the internet about clockwise vs counter-clockwise. BOTH are correct. you can either rotate the head clockwise while using your nail trick or holding the base plate with your other hand or you can hold the removable cap once you snap it in place and spin the base plate counter-clockwise. Holding the cap and spinning the base counter-clockwise is easiest imo since you don't have the string constantly going around while winding it up.
Make a video please look
F.Y.I. The manual that came with mine (DCST922) says to: "Secure the spool cap from moving with one hand. Using your other hand, wind the string on to the spool by rotating the spool grip cover counterclockwise ..."
This is the DCST920 Rev 4 NOT the 922. I have tried both clockwise and counter-clockwise. If you use my method and wind it counterclockwise, IT WILL JAM, So be sure to go clockwise as I did. As Michael mentioned, there are other ways to do this. Thanks for your input!
Like the rest of you, I was extremely confused when I first tried to add new line. Confused, then frustrated, then angry lol. But this tutorial was perfect. It is very simple to add new line once you know how. Just takes a couple minutes. Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for this. My dewalt is a DCST920 and a type 4. The type 4 is the important part to look for when getting help because there are various DCST920's out there. After no success watching other videos I realized the head was different and then realized it was a type 4. Your video was right on the mark and your Dewalt was exactly the one I had. Great instructions!
Maybe it’s because I had a simple gas one that had a removable head for like 15 years since I bought my house but this design seems pretty crappy to me.
At any rate, thank you for your time! It really helped!
Thanks for the share! Dewalt's manual shows a completely different head attachment and generally speaking, it shouldn't be tough to put string a trimmer :). They definitely made it slightly more challenging than normal but the trimmer works great especially for 20V.
Your video and instructions were perfect. I am spatially challenged and had to figure out why my trimmer wouldn’t bump. I could never figure out how to get the thing apart until I found this. Thank you!!
Such simple instructions. Even the photos in the Dewalt manual are foreign. Thanks for your video. The trimmer has never worked this well.
Upgraded my Dewalt 20V DCST920 with an Echo Speed Feed 400 from Home Depot (local, here in Collingwood, ONtario). Easy to switch out directly, no need for all that included washer/spindle/nuts/bolts interface set that’s included. Most happy and grateful. I owe it all to the youtube content experts in this forum. Biggest thanks!
Thank you so much, Nate! My father was pissed at me because I tried to get more slack and eventually the cord became a tangled mess. Your video was so helpful and informative! My father is not pissed anymore! He and I are thrilled to have watched this and learned how to re-spool our weed whacker! Thanks again !
This is the third summer I’ve come back to this video. Thanks again
Thanks! I tried spooling it two times before I went back to watch a video. I’m glad I came yours. Now I have a nail in my box for a tool. Lol. It worked great.
I use to use DeWalt trimmer line before and the trimmer line cuts great
Great vid , short ,to the point and accurate. I'm working on my neighbors and he lost the manual. Thank you Nate , WELL DONE VERY WELL DONE
Yeah short and you couldn't see half of what he's doing.
I had a mess and decided to see if anyone had a RUclips video. Thank you so much as it took me just a few minutes after I watched you do it.
Had to borrow my sons weedeater and of course ran out of string. Instead of calling him I found your video! Thanks for posting! Got it resolved and finished my yard!!!
Glad I could help!
Pretty darn easy after watching your video 3x
Took me 15 mins to change it with confidence I was doing the right thing, thanks!
After you put the string in put the cap back on and turn it clock wise and the base counter clockwise and the string will wind back up,it’s much easier than using the nail and everything
After watching & re-watching several times, I was able to get it done. The guy at Ace Hardware where we bought it had no clue how to do what you showed us how to. Thanks very much!
I wish my late father-in-law had the benefit of your helpful video. It would’ve saved a lot of cuss words from flowing from his mouth. Thank you!
Awesome and helpful video! I used the next size up on string, .095 IIRC, and was still able to spool about 10 feet of it with no problem when it came time to feed it out. You may be shorting yourself by several months worth of string.
Thanks for the help. Stupid of dewalt not have a video on how to do this.
I’m an ass, I have to watch these videos every time I need to refill this sucker. Thank you for getting to the point. Mow on!
I was really dreading replacing the string today. Your video made me feel much less anxious about it 😁 Thank you for sharing this video
Follow this step-by-step and you’ll be up and running in 5 minutes. This was super helpful.
Thanks for the video. Made putting on new line easy as pie. Put some stuff I had laying around from my last trimmer. Force 0.095 line. This things a beast now & hurts if your wearing shorts. Cuts through thick weeds almost like a solid blade. Gotta admit though, factory line lasted a helluva long time. Hope this last even half as long. BTW I spooled on 12 feet.
Thanks. Going through a divorce and it's been some time since I've restrung a weed eater. Thanks for the refresher, made it a lot easier.
Smash that like button!!! Thank you so much. Finding anything on this particular trimmer is not easy. Saved me a lot of frustration and money!
Thanks for your excellent how-to, I ended up with one of the dreaded 'Type 4's, with undivided spool, and after a season it did get all snarled up and tangled between layers, but I think a lot of that was just old line, I replaced with some genuine new DeWalt black and yellow braided line, nice and relaxed, and followed your instructions... seems to be working perfectly again.
This is great 😅. I couldn’t figure it out so got a new spool which didn’t fit. I just followed this and it feeds the line again with the bump. Really helpful, I’d never have figured it out.
Great to hear!
Thanks. I didn't even realize this was a two string trimmer. Or whatever you want to call it. It only came with string out one hole from DeWalt so I assumed that's how I had to be used
Who are the people that give it a thumbs down.. this video is short and to the point, and easy to follow.. those people have nothing better to do but be trolls. Thanks for the video.. keep it up..
Thanks so much for sharing! I was one search away from returning this thing. Was so pissed off trying to figure it out. There are zero DeWalt technique guides available. It was simple once I identified the secret notch. I have a 60v which has worked so far so this was my primary pain point.
I’m a dummy when it comes to stuff like this. This video helped!
Thank you. That was very helpful. There is always a trick to these things. I think I would have been trying for awhile until I found out about that nail holding the head. Thanks again.
I watch this video every year when I pull the strummer out 😂😂😂 thanks man
First time restringing this bad boy, thanks bud!
I have a similar DeWALT model and this really helped me out, thank you!
Thanks, Ive always been baffled by how to wind the weedwacker string so it actually comes out and quantum physics
Thank YOU. Ive had this thing for a year and i didnt know how to so this. Yourea lifesaver
Thank you for such an easy tutorial! I was successful at restringing my trimmer for the first time😊
Im 28 and I've always been frustrated AF with this and nobody in my life ever wants to teach me anything so thanks for helping. Honestly I don't know what the point of life is it's pretty awful and I'm losing faith that there is even such thing as a god
Thanks! I really appreciate these types of videos.
I found if you set the thing on it’s side, the nail/screwdriver stays in. Otherwise, I find it falls out.
I keep the link to this video as an instruction manual for my trimmer, everyone in my house uses this video lol. Good stuff, and thank you
Thank you!! I put new string in my trimmer, with you great help. You explained it just right. I was successful. I don't have to wait on my husband.
I used my Moms ONCE & this seems to be an Awesome Weed eater.
First Problem with this Weed Eater is the F N Tabs. Even you have to use a Nail to assist in this poor process.
I had to fix the line issue before I could get this Damn thing to even work & I was cussing it from the start.
Didn't have any instructions so Yeah I was pissed at the spool process right off.
Once I got it running and working WOW I FEEL in LOVE with it.
Second Problem and I will be OK (once I figure it out) if 'line feed' How does it work? I assume like any other you whack it on the ground and it feeds new line. But hers didn't seem to be doing it. BUT I also didn't seem to need it for the time I used it and it was a complete battery worth. Which was surprisingly a good long run.
Maybe I feed the wrong direction but I will figure that out next time I use it I will check to see.
Over all this was a Very Nice Weed Eater to Use. Very Impressed for a "Someone else's Weed Eater".
Look forward to using it again. How rare is that?
Thanks a ton! I was ready throw this thing in the lake! Kept unspooling on me!
This is why I love youtube. Thank you man.
Little tip for the trimmer. If you stretch out the spring it won’t let the string out so easy.
Thank you, thank you! It took a while, but your video made it possible for the first time!!
Thanks for the kind words, Linda! Thrilled I could help out.
@@nathangelaonline2391 And once again you saved the day!. Not easy, but definitely doable, even for those of us with small hands and little mechanical expertise. Thanks again!
Thanks. You made it so much easier than the owners manual
Thanks i got the one with the changeable shafts and just put my husqvarna shaft on because I couldn’t figure it out 🤣
Sounds like it solved the problem hehe. right on.
I ain’t gonna lie you just saved my ass at work
Thanks for that video! I couldn’t get the thing figured out.
Thanks, first video I watched said counterclockwise and it wouldn’t give me anymore string when I tapped it. Now I know why ... lol
Awesome video Thank you so much for helping my wife and I make sense of this . Awesome Thanks
I’m going to have to rewatch this every summer lol
Thank you for taking the time to share these instructions (which btw are not easy to find, at least for this model) which guided me with the big picture. That said, despite being perhaps the correct option, I found myself wasting a lot of time trying to turn the spool, especially when you have to have one hand maintaining the pressure of the strings and sometimes holding the nail with the other hand so it doesn't fall off LoL. So I found it quite easier to just take the two strings and twist them between the inside edges of the spool in the opposite direction. Finally, you only need to pass the string ends from the inside out through the holes.
Your a lifesaver. I was soo doing it all wrong. Thank you for making this video.
Not all hero’s wear capes. Thanks man 👍🏼
Wow awesome I just bought my first dewalt battery grass trimmer and always wondered if changing the string was a pain but your video sure helped thanks alot 👍🏽👍🏽.
I put off weed whacking for like 2 weeks because I thought this would be a bitch to do. Thank you so much. Can't believe how easy it was.
Hey I just finished following your direction on how to restring my weeder and it went perfectly a described thanks for sharing this video.
Thank you Sir - very clear and easy to understand - was able to do it after watching video with no problem
Just looked at on-line manual at DeWalt. 38 pages of safety. Zero on reloading the spool.
Keyword CLOCKWISE.
Thanks
Spot on! Thanks
Thank you mate, saved me throwing my strimmer in the bin out of frustration! Well done tutorial.
Thank you for putting this tutorial up for all to learn what could have been a nightmare was easy peasy I’m a hands on visual learner thank you so much
Thanks for the kind words, Cynthia! I am thrilled I could help you out.
MAN!!! That was sooo easy compared to a lot of sites. Thank you very much. Going to follow you for sure
You made that look easy .! Worked just like you said.! Thank You.!
Thanks man! Second time I watched it because I forgot!
This is the best video I’ve seen!!! Thanks so much! There isn’t a lot of information on this kind of head!!!! Thank you
Thank you. Just bought this trimmer. Figured I'd learn all about it before new line needs to go in. I'm prepared thanks to you and your video! Excellent visuals and audio. Straight to the point. Awesome! Thank you sir!
My wife's grandfather had one and it seems to have alot of slack in the head. When you throttle it up, the trimmer head takes a second or two to spin as fast as the weedeater gears are turning it
Thanks for the great tip I was pull my hair trying to figure it out thanks again
Only problem is it doesnt let the string out when i bump it 😐
Thanks, very helpful! I was able to put about 20’ of line on with no problems.
Well damn I’ve been doing this all wrong LOL it’s been a headache all summer, when it works it’s one hell of a trimmer though 👌🏽💯
What a great video. Thank you! I recently inherited this wonderful product with no manual, In this video is super helpful!
You just made life so easy
Great quick vid. My inner and outer spools are stuck,likely grass, i see why i cant wind. Thnx
thank you for the tutorial! I fight with mine every year to get the trim line installed
You made it simple! Thanks man.👍🏻
You made this 100% easier. Thank you sir!
I never comment on videos but you just saved me hours of frustration! Thanks for this!!!
Thanks Man!! I used a small screw driver to hold the unit in place. Worked great!!
Thanks so so very much you saved my mechanic mans sanity and also mine from listening to him as he was going to drive over it !
Thank you very much for the demonstration!
Nate, I have watched this twice to reload the string on my DeWalt trimmer. The first time it took me quite a few minutes to find the whole which you put the nail into. I wasn't quite sure where exactly the whole was to be found, and that I needed to keep turning it and have some good lighting in order to see it. I managed okay, but it was a bit frustrating when I couldn't find where the nail was supposed to go. Thank you for making this video, it has helped and I did give it a thumbs up. Appreciate the help. CVM I put about 9 feet of wire on it, do you know how long I can make the wire...I like to change it as little as possible. Thanks again.
Folks in the comments have mentioned you can put up to 20 ft of stringline on it at one time. I have not tried this and cannot confirm it. I know you can put more than I did on it.
The tech at Home Depot told me 17 1/2 feet - can confirm this was what I used.
Thanks for making, perfect, gonna go slay weeds!!!!