Ego Power+ STA1600 - Trimmer head will not advance line

56 VOLT LITHIUM-ION LINE TRIMMER ATTACHMENT — STA160014
PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
Trimmer head will
not advance line.
◾ The motor shaft or trimmer head
is bound with grass.
◾ Stop the trimmer, remove the battery, and clean the
motor shaft and trimmer head.
◾ There is not enough line on the
spool.
◾ Remove the battery and replace the cutting line;
follow the section “RELOADING THE CUTTING
LINE” in this manual.
◾ The trimmer head is dirty. ◾ Remove the battery and clean the spool, lower
cover assembly and upper cover.
◾ The line is tangled in the
trimmer head assembly.
◾ Remove the battery, remove the line from the spool
and rewind; follow the section “RELOADING THE
CUTTING LINE” in this manual.
◾ The line is too short. ◾ Remove the battery and pull the lines manually
while alternately pressing down and releasing the
trimmer head.
Grass wraps around
trimmer head and
motor housing.
◾ Cutting tall grass at ground
level.
◾ Cut tall grass from the top down, removing no more
than 20 cm in each pass to prevent wrapping.
The blade is not
cutting the line.
◾ The line-cutting blade on the
edge of the guard has become
dull.
◾ Sharpen the line-cutting blade with a file or replace
it with a new blade.
Cracks on the
trimmer head or
the spool retainer
comes loose from
the spool base.
◾ The trimmer head is worn out. ◾ Replace the trimmer head immediately; follow the
section “TRIMMER HEAD REPLACEMENT” in this
manual.
◾ The nut that locks the trimmer
head is loose.
◾ Open the trimmer head and use an impact wrench
to tighten the nut.
During line
replacement, the
line can’t be loaded
into the trimmer
head properly.
◾ The string line is not correctly
inserted into the mounting hole
in the eyelet.
◾ Align the LOAD lines with the eyelets firstly, then
insert the line into the mounting hole, which is
located inside the eyelet.
◾ Spool retainer’s LOAD lines do
not align with the eyelets in the
spool base.
◾ Rotate the spool retainer in the arrow direction to
align the LOAD lines on the spool retainer with the
eyelets in the spool base.
The line trimmer
attachment can
not work while
the power head is
started.
◾ The power head and the line
trimmer attachment are not
properly connected, resulting in
power drive failure.
◾ Inspect and reinstall the power head and the line
trimmer attachment, according to the instructions
in this manual to ensure a perfect connect.