How do you unscrew the spool on a weedwaker - Garden

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Sounds like the spool and/or the spring is bound up by the cover. Try loosening the screws a little at a time and see at what point it returns. Also check under the spool and see if a wood chip may be under the spool that is causing it to bind.

did you change the Spool assembly from the original? The Straight shaft trimmers turn counterclockwise and the curved shaft trimmers turn clockwise. If you put a Straight shaft spool on a curved shaft machine, it will unscrew itself. and Vise verse.

Hi Karen:
If this is a fishing reel, pull off the old line into a plastic bag or wind it on to an old spool so it can be safely discarded. Tie the new line on to the reel, and wind the new line on.
There used to be a closed face spinning reel that you would unscrew the face cover to access the spool.

If this is a weed eater, grass whip, some of the older units had a threaded centre with a left hand thread. Once unscrewed, the spool lifted off and you could wind on the new cutting cord.

Happy fishing, or gardening.

Unscrew the bump knob. Pull out the line spool. Remove the retaining push washer from the drive shaft. The spool housing will now pull off the shaft.

Unscrew the head's center bump-knob counterclockwise with your fingers. Pull the bump knob off and take the spool cover off the head. Slide out the spool and any remaining cutting line. Lift out the spring underneath the spool. Take out the slide washer. Unscrew the arbor bolt either clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on model, in the center of the trimmer head using the wrench. Take the entire head off the end of the shaft.

It's probably a left-hand thread, turn it counter-clockwise to tighten.

The knob on the bottom unscrews, and the spool comes apart once you get that off.

Unscrew the bump-knob and the rest pulls off. If it won't unscrew you could always cut it off and buy a new one from ALM Manufacturing 01423 797208

According to the intructions and I quote "Take off the cowling that covers the spool, twist off the pick up mechanism clockwise and a half turn anti clockwise will remove the spool"