I've never replaced a string on a whippersnipper before! I replace lots of violin strings and all of that, but this is a bit of a new experience. When our whippersnipper was stolen, I did end up finding a decent and not too expensive one as a second hand sale... however, when I took it out for a bit of a garden trimming, it immediately ran out of string!

Bahhh.... so, I had to immediately get a new string, and seeing as I wasn't sure what to order, I ordered a precut string along with the new head hub as well.

... and just looking at the thing... I had no idea how it worked! So, straight to the Ryobi YouTube to see how it was done.

... and the video was pretty straightforward, but I did have to rewind it quite a few times to really get the hang of things.

The thing that really threw me was the fact that pressing the two halves together against the spring didn't really hold it together as much as I had thought it would, and then when it was locked in place, it didn't spin any further... so, I had to make sure the eyelets (and arrows) were already aligned before locking them in place.

After that, feeding the string was a little bit more stiff than I had thought it would be.... but in hindsight, that is probably a normal thing, otherwise it would just all spin out as soon as the thing started up!

Getting it all through, and then attaching the brand new spinning string hub to the grubby old second-hand body... and it was all ready to go!

There wasn't anything wrong with the old one, but seeing has I had already ordered then new hub, I figured I may as well change it all over. But now that I know a bit more... I have discovered that you can ALSO buy the string seperately! Pre-cut and as a complete length! Wow... and much cheaper...

... and this machine made short work of the long grass out the back. In fact, this 36 Volt version is a good deal more powerful than the old 18V one! In fact, slightly scarily so when I first started using it... as it flung rocks and stuff around with a good more force!

But it is promising as the chainsaw on a pole attachment will be much much better at cutting when I get around to using that!

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