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The bush/bearing behind the trimmer head is probably rusted or worn out and the motor is poling out and creating a short situation. Not much can be done so it may be best to junk it and get a new one.

get the warranty card out of the box or from the back of the user hand book and fill out all the relevant details and post if off to the manufacturer. Or you may be able to down load from the manufacturers web site a pdf form for the registration.

Remove the HT lead and clean around the area with a good electrical contact cleaner. Look for cracks in the insulation around the HT lead. Replace the Boot around the lead or replace the lead. Clean out the inside of the terminal. The spark is tracking down some dirt/ moisture or crack. If the coil is cracked replace the coil.

If the cv joint has split or broken there are two options available to you. One is to remove the axle and fit a genuine boot back on. It will cost the price of the boot plus around 2 hours labour. The other option is to get an aftermarket boot that is split and put it around the cv joint and clip and glue it back along the split. They are specially made and do a good job and costs the price of the boot and some of your time. There is no need to remove the axle to do it. Check at a good auto spares shop for a replacement cv boot kit

This tool is available from good auto spares stores make sure by 2 as they have to be either side of the spring and good quality as your fingers will be damaged if poor quality ones slip

Try a good hardware store for extension springs for the job. Take the broken one along as a sample.

You can try loosing them off a little and use some lubricant as well say spray lithium grease or wd-40 or crc.

The outer sheath of the chuck turns a thread on the back of the jaws in the chuck and it it is not tightening correctly then the jaw threads have been broken/cracked or the jaws have been stressed out of alignment and are not longer closing in a parallel manner. Best replace the chuck as they are generally not repairable.

the pitch of a screw is the distance the thread moves in one complete revolution . OR in the sae measuring system the number of threads (points) in one inch. So if you have a half inch dia bolt and you count the number of threads in one inch along the bolt and you had 20 threads then the pitch would be 20 threads per inch or in metric it is measured as the distance between the points so if the distance between the thread points was 1mm the bolt would be measured as the dia. (say 12 mm) by the distance between the points of 1mm or 12x1.5

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Increase voltage, use transformer, to reduce voltage.

It depends on the age of the battery.

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You need to call a tech. It could be low on Freon, maybe sensing valve, may be dirty coils. There are a number of things it could be.

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