I had a model older than this one that I love. My sister has difficulty with tools that are too heavy and she actually loved mine and found it easy to use th-cam.com/users/postUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG . This is a newer model but was even lighter which she really appreciates. She enjoys it and I no longer have to go to her house to trim as she can handle it fine. Haven't used it enough to comment on the battery life but lithium batteries last longer than the old style. Being cordless makes it easy to trim the far edges of the property. The entire yard can be trimmed with one charged battery.
Top stuff, thanks for posting. Alas, the angle gears available in the UK at present for pro grade machines like the FS460 are 'sealed for life' so the grease nipple (for a clip-on gun, rather than a port like you have) has been deleted. No greasing possible and with prolonged and heavy use the oil seal built into the lower bearing wears and the grease escapes. Escaped lube=destroyed bearings/s and gears. A new one is around 130 quid plus tax. They can be rebuilt but it is rarely worth it. Please be aware that wearing shorts whilst strimming is a Bad Plan. On public-accessible ground there is dog and cat poo and broken glass. We had an operator hospitalised where I used to work. He was a volunteer working on a public open space managed by a committee of volunteers. We had trained and equipped some of their volunteers. This was on a chalk site south of London - there are sharp flints around. He was on his own (naughty) and in shorts (against code of practice) and using a strimmer head on a pro grade machine. A sharp flint fragment flicked up and nicked an artery in his leg. He was saved by a dog walker who was a Casualty nurse. Yes he got damned unlucky, but he helped make his own bad luck. Hope this is useful.
Heres how I did my ryobi straight shaft gear head. It has a rounded head screw with a torx fitting. I couldnt find a torx that fit, so I grabbed the round outer part with channel locks pliers and got it loose. Then I used what is a syringe with a small tube that is made to add fork oil into motorcycle tubes at the bottom and put bearing grease in the syringe and injected it into the gear box, then turned my screw back in and got it snug with same channel locks
This is great for anyone who doesn't realize that this maintenance is necessary. I've used Scaeffer's 238 for years with great results but never realized Stihl made a grease tube that threads right into their trimmer heads (mine isn't a Stihl so never would've even looked for such a thing). Genius move for sure and makes me lean even more towards them to replace my old underpowered Ryobi.
Just add a zerk fitting or grease fitting in place of the screw and makes maintenance so much easier with just a grease gun. If you’re not sure of the size take the screw with you to your local Ace hardware store and they can help you. They sell single fittings.
They don't need grease often enough to justify that for most folks. You also have to accept that little bit of dirt that will be forced in when you use a grease zerk. On regular equipment with grease fittings, I leave a blob on the end of the fitting. With a trimmer, It's impossible to keep a blob of grease there, and highly unlikely that a plastic grease fitting cap would stay in place. It probably doesn't amount to much in the long run, but I'm finicky about lubrication.
It is possible to buy a small brass grease gun which you can refil from a tin of grease it is best to use lithium grease because it is best for gears that run at high speed it clings better to the gears. Look for these grease guns in second hand tool shops or car boot or jumble sales. You hold the open end of the grease gun over the hole in the inner cover in the grease tin and draw back the plunger and the grease is sucked into the grease gun barral. Then you screw the front end back onto the grease gun. It works out cheaper than buying a tube. Please check with the manufacturer of your equipment as regarding greasing procedure as it does vary from one brand to anouther or check with local repair man.
NOBODY correctly lubes their string trimmers but a VERY FEW repair shops!!! Where I bought my GOOD one, the 90 year-old owner showed me all the tricks and hoops to jump thru on a straight shaft with a 45* gearhead box. And not 1 out of 10,000 owners use 100% GASOLINE (NO ETHANOL) to make fuel/oil mix (ethanol will score the cylinder) , and burn their tanks/carbs EMPTY at the end of use for the season (ruins the carb-diaphragm first then ruin the engine from running lean). How do I know so well? My late uncle used to buy HUNDREDS of trimmers at yard/garage/estate sales and expect ME to fix them for $20!!! Usual repairs would have been DOUBLE new price. That's why he got them for $25. He'd do the same thing with lawnmowers that had been run on E-10.
@@thelazyhandyman the problem in my area is that the only non-ethanol gas is premium. Unless you use the packaged gas with the stabilizer. That would cost a fortune with my lawn tractor. It’s about $10.00 a quart.
100%! I'm vehemently anti ethanol for not only mechanical but political reasons as well. Any small engines (and my old truck) HATE ethanol and growing so much corn to support it rather than growing actual food crops is causing lasting damage to America's farming industry and the land they rely on.
@@thelazyhandyman it depends on where you're at. Where I am, ethanol free is only available in 91 octane, which I believe is far better than 87 or 89 octane for small engines anyway. In all of mine they run much smoother with high octane. Basically the higher the octane rating the more the fuel has a smooth burn than an explosion. Imagine more of a "FWOOM" than a "POP" when it ignites. This is especially beneficial in single and two cylinder engines when the ignition timing is properly dialed in.
Wow, you think they would remind you to buy some grease when you buy fuel also??? Thanks for the knowledge/tip! Better yet... sell the fuel with a smaller portion of grease attached to the fuel also... genius, Stihl... I just doubled your grease sales!!!!
I got the Lucas tacky red I didn't get to use it yet. Heard it was good so I bought it and it's now collecting dust until I have something to grease 🤣 cheers brother!
I think they all have it. I bought an after market head for my BLACK and DECKER two stroke and it had the grease hole. Trouble is I inserted a grease nipple into it and now I think I put too much grease. That thing is hard to turn by hand now!
@@thelazyhandyman Not to worry, remember I used a grease gun so the pressure was greater than when just squeezing a tube. All I did was to remove the nipple and run it for a bit and that expelled the excess grease. No more rattling now. Thanks for the great tip!
Cada cuando se debe aplicar la grasa???? Cada cuántas horas de trabajo?? Lo poco que se de inglés párese que no mensiona el dato. Gracias por el dato., muchas bendiciones
2:23 Don't squeeze the way he's showing! Always squeeze from the opposite end of the tube from the opening! If it's a metal tube roll it as the end becomes used.
Bro i had my weedeater working than suddenly it ahut down.i tried to start it again but made noise inside.like.metal rubbing eachother and had no vaccum whats wrong
When you buy the kit you get a special cup like adapter and when you put the blade in the cup sticks out to the ground so you get some clearance. Same reverse thread so counter clockwise is tightening and clockwise to loosen. Hope this helps! Cheers brother and goodluck!
ANY item you purchase, "READ, UNDERSTAND and FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS". Companies spend a lot of money printing instructions in the hope people will use that information. Companies do want their products to last at least a reasonable time. Read it!!!! .
Ur nor going to want to fill that thing with much grease it will rob a noticeable amount of power and cause the gearbox and drive line to over heat, unless for se reason u have removed the factory grease then it shouldn't need any if thebgearbox is too hot to hold ur hand on it after using then there is too much grease run it with the plug out and the excess should come out try and check the temperature again
so you wear gloves to put grease in your weed whacker. but you don't wear pants or tie your boots so organic matter so organic matter ris just flailing into your boots... yall Canadians are really something else. Thanks for the entertaining whiper snipper video.😅
That's the wrong grease for the line trimmer head. What you are using is for hedge trimmers (notice the picture of the gears on the tube). The grease that you want to use would be "FS Gearbox Grease" (has picture of string trimmer head).
Are you sure? It's been working better than before. I didn't notice any other grease that was being sold for it. I'll try to find the one you're talking about. Thanks brother!
@@thelazyhandyman - I bet a lot of people don't even realize that you need to grease the head and your video helps to point that out. From what I remember Sthil said that the line trimmer spins fast and create more heat compared to hedge trimmer gears, so they require a grease that won't break down with the heat that is generated. I bet having something in there is better than nothing though.
Maintenance is fine with brushcutter greasing, but think about using long pants, helmet with visor and suitable gloves to do these jobs, instead of dressing up for the beach that you look ridiculous.
All those ppl thinking a grease zerk is a good idea need to get a clue. Maybe you should put a 'grease zerk' in your oil pans as well and see how far that gets you (oh gee, the manufacturers actually know what they're doing 🤔) -
I've heard about car tie rods, ball joints etc...they used to put zerk fittings on them to make greasing easier and makes the parts last longer instead of now where they want you to buy new parts instead of maintaining them. I just see them trying to make more money off people by making maintenance harder. What do you think?
@@thelazyhandyman you can put a 25 cent zerk fitting or a 5 cent bolt. If the manufacturer uses the 5 cent bolt they built one million united they saved $ 200,000 get it
Many manufacturers have gone to sealed bearings because people aren’t servicing the fittings. So it’s better to have a sealed bearing than one with a zero that don’t get serviced.
@@tennesseesawmillguy1590 it's understandable nonody really talks about trimmer maintenance unless you have the owner's manual. I had no clue either. Thank you for your input brother!
@@thelazyhandyman Nothing wrong with what you did... but just if it helps: i believe you added too much grease. There is a whole branch of science for gears and lubricants and personally i think this comes close to being a Stihl gimmic. All you really need for bevel gears is just Some regular 90weight (or 85.. whatever) oil. Same as you add to the rear end (differential) of a pickup truck. The gears actually need VERY little oil, honestly. they give you a big plug like that so you can open in and Pour in some diff oil. Grease is Thick... doesn't carry away heat well. And even less so if there is no air so it can't splash or move around freely. So, just tyring to help you out a bit with stuff... just a little general gear oil in there yearly, or even every 5yrs should keep any trimmer running great forever, for real. Oh, and also, think grease also makes quite a bit of resistance to turn the head, meaning less power, speed and more fuel usage in the end. peace ~
Manually turn head while you’re applying the grease.
it would be a lot easier if you put grease zerk in and use grease gun, but this does and will work.
Instructions unclear. It turned my head and now I can't see what I'm doing because I am staring at the wall
I use a big tube of all purpose grease,fill mines with a grease gun,great investment 👍
Exactly what I was thinking. Title should be how to grease trimmer head like a Noob
Omg as a single mom this was so useful thank you so much
You are welcome!
I had a model older than this one that I love. My sister has difficulty with tools that are too heavy and she actually loved mine and found it easy to use th-cam.com/users/postUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG . This is a newer model but was even lighter which she really appreciates. She enjoys it and I no longer have to go to her house to trim as she can handle it fine. Haven't used it enough to comment on the battery life but lithium batteries last longer than the old style. Being cordless makes it easy to trim the far edges of the property. The entire yard can be trimmed with one charged battery.
Top stuff, thanks for posting. Alas, the angle gears available in the UK at present for pro grade machines like the FS460 are 'sealed for life' so the grease nipple (for a clip-on gun, rather than a port like you have) has been deleted. No greasing possible and with prolonged and heavy use the oil seal built into the lower bearing wears and the grease escapes. Escaped lube=destroyed bearings/s and gears. A new one is around 130 quid plus tax. They can be rebuilt but it is rarely worth it.
Please be aware that wearing shorts whilst strimming is a Bad Plan. On public-accessible ground there is dog and cat poo and broken glass. We had an operator hospitalised where I used to work. He was a volunteer working on a public open space managed by a committee of volunteers. We had trained and equipped some of their volunteers. This was on a chalk site south of London - there are sharp flints around. He was on his own (naughty) and in shorts (against code of practice) and using a strimmer head on a pro grade machine. A sharp flint fragment flicked up and nicked an artery in his leg. He was saved by a dog walker who was a Casualty nurse. Yes he got damned unlucky, but he helped make his own bad luck. Hope this is useful.
Great information thanks mate!
Heres how I did my ryobi straight shaft gear head. It has a rounded head screw with a torx fitting. I couldnt find a torx that fit, so I grabbed the round outer part with channel locks pliers and got it loose. Then I used what is a syringe with a small tube that is made to add fork oil into motorcycle tubes at the bottom and put bearing grease in the syringe and injected it into the gear box, then turned my screw back in and got it snug with same channel locks
This is great for anyone who doesn't realize that this maintenance is necessary. I've used Scaeffer's 238 for years with great results but never realized Stihl made a grease tube that threads right into their trimmer heads (mine isn't a Stihl so never would've even looked for such a thing). Genius move for sure and makes me lean even more towards them to replace my old underpowered Ryobi.
Glad to help! Cheers!
We've had a Stihl FS70R since I can remember. At least 20-25 yrs. Still works great!
Ya, ‘Wiener Schnitzel’.
@@mackellyman5642 good food 🤙🏽
Schaeffer's is the best.
Just add a zerk fitting or grease fitting in place of the screw and makes maintenance so much easier with just a grease gun. If you’re not sure of the size take the screw with you to your local Ace hardware store and they can help you. They sell single fittings.
You’re one of the smart ones out there. And that’s meant as a compliment.
The tube having the same threads as the trimmer head is a genius move!
I know right!
Thanks for the info. Never thought about that until now
You are very welcome my brother!
Learn something new every day thank you
Very welcome! Cheers!
LOL Wow! You guys are awesome thank for subscribing and leaving a Like it's actually encouraging 👊🏾🥰
Nice purple nitrile gloves
What size are they and where did you get them from
Thanks brother I got these long ago from my job. So hard to find these now because you know what...
Mine's 9 years old I want to do that I'm going to grease it up I didn't know that thank you too
Honestly it's going to feel so much more smoother! Goodluck my brother
Also, you can screw in a grease fitting like I did. Quick and easy!
That's a good idea! Thanks brother 🙏
They don't need grease often enough to justify that for most folks. You also have to accept that little bit of dirt that will be forced in when you use a grease zerk. On regular equipment with grease fittings, I leave a blob on the end of the fitting. With a trimmer, It's impossible to keep a blob of grease there, and highly unlikely that a plastic grease fitting cap would stay in place. It probably doesn't amount to much in the long run, but I'm finicky about lubrication.
@@mikemorgan5015 yeah I just grease it every year spring time. Don't use the weed wacker as much.
I USE HIGH TEMP GREASE. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT INFO.
Good job you can't go wrong with high temp. I got you my brother very welcome 🙏
Wow I was about to buy a new one. Your video saved me time and money. Thanks man ❤
You are very welcome!
WOW!! did you see the boost it gets after the grease ? ! damn!! ? (joke aside )thanks you for your time spent doing this short video.
I never knew about this......thank you for informing us !
My pleasure me neither until I tried it! Cheers brother!
The heads of weed eaters, trimmers get extremely hot. You need a grease specially for high temps, or you will melt or burn them up.
Cool tip bro! Keep it up 💪🏽
You know,I never knew that. I'll have to check out my fc70. Thanks for sharing.👍
You're welcome my brother
no possibilité pour le fc70
@@chatpat8800 ça marche pas pour le FC70?
@@chatpat8800 I meant to say fs70r, sorry.
What about the trimmer's shaft? That also has grease in it.
Thank You. What I try to Say is every when I have to add Grease?
I add once every year in Spring!
@@thelazyhandyman thanks so much.
Definitely turn the head while squeezing grease in the gears pulls the grease all the way in the gear head.
100%
Hi, thank you for what you key, I would love to wish you success and health
Agree turn strimmer head while pushing in grease it spreads better around gears that way :- )
Learning everyday! Thanks for watching
also could use standard wheel bearing grease in a tube a lot cheaper.
Yeah I find this grease abit overpriced...
Autozone has bearing for like $4.99
Can you provide a link to the stihl gearlube tube?
I can check for you but I bought it from a local tool rental store.
Thanks for the post. Very helpful.
Very welcome! Cheers!
I never knew this. Thanks for the video.
You're very welcome! Cheers!
looks like it worked really well for the first 5 seconds after greasing
No it worked the whole season, very smooth!
I have an echo SRM-225 trimmer, do you think this tube would also be able to screw into the gearbox screw hole?
It supposed to be standard size for all stihl trimmers. Even if it doesn't screw in try to get some grease up in that b
Is that for all brands or just stihl?
It is possible to buy a small brass grease gun which you can refil from a tin of grease it is best to use lithium grease because it is best for gears that run at high speed it clings better to the gears.
Look for these grease guns in second hand tool shops or car boot or jumble sales. You hold the open end of the grease gun over the hole in the inner cover in the grease tin and draw back the plunger and the grease is sucked into the grease gun barral. Then you screw the front end back onto the grease gun.
It works out cheaper than buying a tube. Please check with the manufacturer of your equipment as regarding greasing procedure as it does vary from one brand to anouther or check with local repair man.
That's great information. Thanks brother
NOBODY correctly lubes their string trimmers but a VERY FEW repair shops!!! Where I bought my GOOD one, the 90 year-old owner showed me all the tricks and hoops to jump thru on a straight shaft with a 45* gearhead box. And not 1 out of 10,000 owners use 100% GASOLINE (NO ETHANOL) to make fuel/oil mix (ethanol will score the cylinder) , and burn their tanks/carbs EMPTY at the end of use for the season (ruins the carb-diaphragm first then ruin the engine from running lean). How do I know so well? My late uncle used to buy HUNDREDS of trimmers at yard/garage/estate sales and expect ME to fix them for $20!!! Usual repairs would have been DOUBLE new price. That's why he got them for $25. He'd do the same thing with lawnmowers that had been run on E-10.
My neighbor who works with 2 stroke engines all the time said it's better to use Regular gas as to Supreme for small engines. That's not good info?
@@thelazyhandyman the problem in my area is that the only non-ethanol gas is premium. Unless you use the packaged gas with the stabilizer. That would cost a fortune with my lawn tractor. It’s about $10.00 a quart.
@@me8042 premium gas has abit of ethanol?
100%!
I'm vehemently anti ethanol for not only mechanical but political reasons as well. Any small engines (and my old truck) HATE ethanol and growing so much corn to support it rather than growing actual food crops is causing lasting damage to America's farming industry and the land they rely on.
@@thelazyhandyman it depends on where you're at. Where I am, ethanol free is only available in 91 octane, which I believe is far better than 87 or 89 octane for small engines anyway. In all of mine they run much smoother with high octane. Basically the higher the octane rating the more the fuel has a smooth burn than an explosion. Imagine more of a "FWOOM" than a "POP" when it ignites. This is especially beneficial in single and two cylinder engines when the ignition timing is properly dialed in.
Wow, you think they would remind you to buy some grease when you buy fuel also??? Thanks for the knowledge/tip! Better yet... sell the fuel with a smaller portion of grease attached to the fuel also... genius, Stihl... I just doubled your grease sales!!!!
Hahaha! We got salesman here! I never knew this either when I put grease it made a world of difference! Thanks for watching brother
Never knew this!!
We learning everyday!
Compa le puse grasa normal, está mal esq está cañón conseguir de esa de litio aquí donde vivo
Atleast you put some grease. I'd say some grease is better than no grease amigo!
Look into getting Lucas Red and Tacky the best grease you could ever use
I got the Lucas tacky red I didn't get to use it yet. Heard it was good so I bought it and it's now collecting dust until I have something to grease 🤣 cheers brother!
@@thelazyhandyman i packed bearings with that stuff 4 years ago and last month i checked them still looks like new
@@DowneastTackle that's awesome thanks for sharing!
If I do mine I think I will consider spraying carb cleaner to remove old grease first. The only negative I can think of is it might eat up a gasket.
Yeah I'd be careful with that too...maybe flush it out with hot water so the chemicals don't eat away at any gaskets?
Awesome job!! Very helpful!!
Thank you sis❤
That was very educational…
Thanks man!
This is why you READ THE OWNERS MANUAL
Didn't have one bought this unit one used. Cheers brother!
@@thelazyhandyman The Honda brush cutter manuals tell you this is a dealer service job ! Yeah, right.....
Thank you.
You are welcome!
Wow amazing channel keep up the good work buddy
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing your useful tip my friend 😍😍✌😘
Haha you are very welcome!😍
Such a nice video, thanks for sharing this. I joined you and my thumps are up. 👍🎁🍞!
I think they all have it. I bought an after market head for my BLACK and DECKER two stroke and it had the grease hole. Trouble is I inserted a grease nipple into it and now I think I put too much grease. That thing is hard to turn by hand now!
Shoot! That's weird I never experienced that. You can try to flush some grease out with some brake parts cleaner? Let us know what happened please
@@thelazyhandyman Not to worry, remember I used a grease gun so the pressure was greater than when just squeezing a tube. All I did was to remove the nipple and run it for a bit and that expelled the excess grease. No more rattling now. Thanks for the great tip!
@@The144Kth You're welcome! That's awesome thank you for updating us
thanks for the tip !!
You're welcome brother
Cada cuando se debe aplicar la grasa???? Cada cuántas horas de trabajo?? Lo poco que se de inglés párese que no mensiona el dato. Gracias por el dato., muchas bendiciones
De nada...no habla espagnol amigo. Sorry
Remove the bolt and look inside, if you don't see grease, add a small amount, do not fill it completely.
@@wayneessar7489 thanks for explaining this
@@thelazyhandyman It is just recently Google is translating comments for us....I know when you replied to the author this was not available.
@@wayneessar7489 yes I was trying to translate it and it didn't work. I don't get it. Thanks for helping brother
$25 on Amazon Canada. 80gram tube.
Thanks
Welcome!
Wow such great tip love it babe
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Thanks!❤ 👍
Very welcome my brother!
Big like 5 from Indonesia
When my Dad & I both watch this after he passed down his old WeedEater GTI 19 realizing neither of us ever did this or knew about it 👀
Very nice sharing 😃👍
2:23 Don't squeeze the way he's showing! Always squeeze from the opposite end of the tube from the opening! If it's a metal tube roll it as the end becomes used.
That makes sense. Thank you!
Like toothpaste?
@@williamguy786 haha! Yes 👍🏽
I believe you are supposed to rotate the head while squeezing grease into the transmission.
Good to know thank you
@@thelazyhandyman you bet! I think you can get more in perhaps, makes sense to me, as the gears would pull more in. Thanks!
Can you use a different kind of grease, like white grease or any all purpose grease?
Yes you can,I did it for years,I fill mines with a grease gun,
@@marcusfurlow8332 he's right I just picked up this one to make sure but I'm pretty sure any all purpose grease can work. Cheers!
@@thelazyhandyman it works
Goodjob....keep it up 🔥💪👍
Thanks man!
Never really thought about lubrication
Me neither, works so well now. Cheers!
Super 👍
Thank you!
Bro i had my weedeater working than suddenly it ahut down.i tried to start it again but made noise inside.like.metal rubbing eachother and had no vaccum whats wrong
Do you think you ran it too dry and it overheated? I'd spraying some brake parts cleaner in the lube hole and see if there's metal shavings come out.
Thank u friend 👍
You're welcome man!
How do you attach a blade to the wee
weedeater?
When you buy the kit you get a special cup like adapter and when you put the blade in the cup sticks out to the ground so you get some clearance. Same reverse thread so counter clockwise is tightening and clockwise to loosen. Hope this helps! Cheers brother and goodluck!
It's a good thing he had his gloves on
Yes 100% I believe oils and grease is really bad for longterm health. Always wear gloves when handling that stuff. Cheers man!
thanks!
It tells you this in the owners manual. I have a FS110R
ANY item you purchase, "READ, UNDERSTAND and FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS".
Companies spend a lot of money printing instructions in the hope people will use that information. Companies do want their products to last at least a reasonable time.
Read it!!!!
.
Most def!
Ur nor going to want to fill that thing with much grease it will rob a noticeable amount of power and cause the gearbox and drive line to over heat, unless for se reason u have removed the factory grease then it shouldn't need any if thebgearbox is too hot to hold ur hand on it after using then there is too much grease run it with the plug out and the excess should come out try and check the temperature again
That's awesome information! Thanks for sharing it with all of us! Cheers brother!
You're a brave man wearing shorts
Hahaha! Green legs not fun. Definitely not doing that for long trimming sessions!
Makes me feel dumb - I've been pulling the shaft every other year, greasing it by fingers and reversing it end for end.
You ain't dumb atleast you greasing and trying things. I didn't know either! Cheers brother!
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I must just be lucky, Never had to grease a weed trimmer even with a lawn service....LOL
What brand trimmers are you guys using?
so you wear gloves to put grease in your weed whacker. but you don't wear pants or tie your boots so organic matter so organic matter ris just flailing into your boots...
yall Canadians are really something else. Thanks for the entertaining whiper snipper video.😅
You're right I usually wear pants this video was to show greasing. Cheers brother!
Nice, but I will we have used Husqvarna weed eaters for years, never greased the head and never had a failure.
You can't go wrong with Husqvarna very good company too. Cheers!
Fits the fs55 but not the fs56
How often should it be greased in hours I guess?
Depends how much you use it. I personally grease it once at the beginning of Spring time. Cheers!
On cheaper weed eaters with no bolt , drill a 1/4 inch hole in the shaft above the head and add gear oil .
Good tip wouldn't the gear oil be too thin of a consistency? This grease was pretty thick..
I unfortunately bought the grease before I realized that my FS 56RC isn't greasable
That's too bad. It's as if they want it to break down so we the people can keep buying more. Quality is going down everywhere. Cheers brother!
All weed eaters are the same still very primative
That's the wrong grease for the line trimmer head. What you are using is for hedge trimmers (notice the picture of the gears on the tube). The grease that you want to use would be "FS Gearbox Grease" (has picture of string trimmer head).
Are you sure? It's been working better than before. I didn't notice any other grease that was being sold for it. I'll try to find the one you're talking about. Thanks brother!
@@thelazyhandyman - I bet a lot of people don't even realize that you need to grease the head and your video helps to point that out. From what I remember Sthil said that the line trimmer spins fast and create more heat compared to hedge trimmer gears, so they require a grease that won't break down with the heat that is generated. I bet having something in there is better than nothing though.
@@magicpsn9859 100% that's what I love about YT we have good people with great information. Thanks again!
I live in Alaska.....I dont wear surgical gloves
Surgical gloves wear you?
Maintenance is fine with brushcutter greasing, but think about using long pants, helmet with visor and suitable gloves to do these jobs, instead of dressing up for the beach that you look ridiculous.
Definitely agree safety first! I don't know why you gotta be rude though...
@@thelazyhandyman it's not being rude, it's just what I see, you're dressed for the beach and I'm saying it for your own good and health man.
@@colorado2264 appreciate you brother thank you! I hate getting grass bits and green legs after a weed wacker session LOL
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All those ppl thinking a grease zerk is a good idea need to get a clue. Maybe you should put a 'grease zerk' in your oil pans as well and see how far that gets you (oh gee, the manufacturers actually know what they're doing 🤔) -
I've heard about car tie rods, ball joints etc...they used to put zerk fittings on them to make greasing easier and makes the parts last longer instead of now where they want you to buy new parts instead of maintaining them. I just see them trying to make more money off people by making maintenance harder. What do you think?
@@thelazyhandyman you can put a 25 cent zerk fitting or a 5 cent bolt. If the manufacturer uses the 5 cent bolt they built one million united they saved $ 200,000 get it
Many manufacturers have gone to sealed bearings because people aren’t servicing the fittings.
So it’s better to have a sealed bearing than one with a zero that don’t get serviced.
@@tennesseesawmillguy1590 it's understandable nonody really talks about trimmer maintenance unless you have the owner's manual. I had no clue either. Thank you for your input brother!
@@thelazyhandyman Nothing wrong with what you did... but just if it helps: i believe you added too much grease. There is a whole branch of science for gears and lubricants and personally i think this comes close to being a Stihl gimmic. All you really need for bevel gears is just Some regular 90weight (or 85.. whatever) oil. Same as you add to the rear end (differential) of a pickup truck. The gears actually need VERY little oil, honestly. they give you a big plug like that so you can open in and Pour in some diff oil. Grease is Thick... doesn't carry away heat well. And even less so if there is no air so it can't splash or move around freely. So, just tyring to help you out a bit with stuff... just a little general gear oil in there yearly, or even every 5yrs should keep any trimmer running great forever, for real. Oh, and also, think grease also makes quite a bit of resistance to turn the head, meaning less power, speed and more fuel usage in the end. peace ~
You supposed to turn the head of the weedeater while you’re squirting the grease in it
Yes another viewer said the same thing. Great tip! I pinned his comment, Goodluck with your projects
Abner Mares??
Not bad, until you squeezed from the middle of the tube.
Protect your hands and not your legs.
TRIMMER secrets?
AND USE ETHANOL FREE GAS
Will do! So hard to find it cheap now like everything else!
0:50 You can see the video is edited to not show breaking the bolt free. He fake broke.
Soo...what? You don't like my edits?
@@thelazyhandyman I’m just jelly that your videos are so pro looking and mine look like, um, not! 👍
@catlady8324 haha! You got this. I gave up on making videos. Not a pro at all...Gaza got me down. Don't feel like doing much anymore
You're suppose to grease it???? Lol
Yes apparently! Made a big difference on mine
Secret? Are you serious? Read the damn owners manual!!
Not everyone has a manual. Trying to help
Lol
I didn't see any secret everybody knows how to do it.
You didn't clean the old / dirty grease out
You didn't grease 90% of the cable up the tube
This is a useless video