The best video to service the cutting head of Fiskars UP86 Pole Pruner
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- This video is about The best video to service the cutting head of Fiskars UP86 Pole Pruner. I purposely made it a longer video so you can follow in detail how the head cutting mechanism works and it shows how to replace the string and where it is threaded.
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A neighbor asked if I could get his working. I watched two or three other TH-cam vids, but they were pretty much worthless. Yours showed me how to do the job. THANK YOU SIR!
That’s great .
Your neighbour must love you !
Thanks for the nice comment.
Thank you! You saved me hours of searching and troubleshooting. On a whim I jumped on TH-cam hoping to find a video showing exactly this. Your periodic closeup still are what many videos on youtube are lacking for detailed instructional videos like this. Thank you and make it a great day!
Thanks for the great comments. I did do some pauses because the string winding is as so complicated that I felt people needed it .
Had a great day thanks to your compliments.
Never thought I was getting this thing back together, thank you Sir!
Well done 👍
I got a replacement string from a nearby lawn mower repair company for a buck. Thanks to this video I repaired it myself. It was still a pain in the ass though and if there's a next time I might just ask the lawn mower shop do it lol.
The more you do it , the better you will get . So many have this cord problem that you could charge people to fix theirs ! Glad the video helped you .
Thank you! I was going nuts trying to get the damn thing back together
Yes I think it has been designed to drive people nuts . 🙂
Thank you so much for your video. We needed to replace the rope in the head which was cut in two parts when using the Pole Pruner. Ours has an other reference but has the same head.
When looking at the video on slow speed we got all the explanations on how to do it !
The most difficult part was about theinside strap. When we undid the knot we let it go inthe nadle and it was very difficult at the end to replace it back to the far end of the handle.
After many trials, we succeed with some "home made tricks" and the help of a wire.
Muriel , thanks for taking the time to tell me the story. I was going to make a video on feeding the strap though the handle but never got around to it . It is very true that you need to follow the video in slow speed. It seems that this Fiskars system is always causing people problems . Great to hear that you fixed it yourselves !
You sir are a legend!!!!!
Well if you say so , thanks Sir.
Hope it fixed your Fiskars.
@@Dentinvent Totally did, REALLY appreciate the help.
Thank you Sir! Phenomenal demo, and explanation. I figured it out before I saw your video; had to do numerous adjustments to get it right. I'll come back here when I need to do it again. Liked and subscribed! Best wishes
Very nice comments . I thank you sir . Seems like many have this same primer and same problems.
This is one of the best. Infovideos I have seen. Fiskars makes the best products!,
Thanks 😊 man . Means a lot .
Thanks 😊 man . Means a lot .
This video saved me from having to throw away a perfectly good pruner and made my wife think I'm a genius. Thank you so much!!!
That’s a good one . One day my wife will think I’m a genius if I get enough compliments like yours!
I've almost got it! This is the only video I've found that comes close to giving perfect direction. I am struggling with one issue. When I get the strings through all the places they pull easily through until I put the lid on. You said to make the rope is "under". I cant figure that part out. . Otherwise you are a most wonderful, easy to follow teacher thank you so much! :)
Thanks for your nice comments . What I would suggest is in your TH-cam you can go to playback settings . Play the video at slower speed and follow the rope slowly as I do it . I think you are getting the rope caught when you wind it around the inner wheel. If you keep moving the string in and out as you replace the outer plastic section , the rope usually will not get caught when the lid goes on . Hard part is the last part as there is not much room to work with as the lid goes on.
Best of luck
top video,it was the twice round the inner wheel that had caught me, but now i know,i cant wait to go back to work to fix it,thanks alot,illsubscribe
Thanks Paul. Yes a complicated cord set up and it seems that many owners have the same problem. Hope it works well.
Excellent video. Just what I was struggling with .. thank you very much......agree Fiskars make excellent products.
Thanks, I made the video like that because I wanted one that went slow enough so people could follow it .
@@Dentinvent It took me a long time to re wind the string around the inner spool . Discovered the pull rope had jammed within the pole when the chain link let go ....Really difficult to find until I gave it a huge tug in desperation.......Also found out not to trap the cord within the outer housing where it exits the main spool and enters the slot used for angle adjustment . The original trouble was the chain link letting go ....I now need to stop that happening again.
Old Bean
I bought one with the chain link broken and hence made the video as I worked out how to fix it .
Thank for the great vid , gonna have a go at mine.
I made the video in detail because it is so confusing to do but hopefully it is slow enough to follow . Best of luck .
THANK YOU!
AWESOME VIDEO.
Thanks and I hope it helped you fix yours .
Perfect video and easy to follow!
Thanks for your comment.
I found it so difficult to do that I made the video to help others . Happy cutting .
Brilliant, Thank you very much!! 😀
Great. Glad it helped you .
Excellent thank you Sir ,, twice round the wheel ,,Top man you are.
Hope your trimmer is still going well.
Thanks so much I was feeling so helpless. You made it so much easier!!
All good Lindsay. I made the video slow enough so people could follow it .
Awesome, thanks.
Hope it helped .
Only lost the little shiny washer when I put it back together ... didn't know which end of the bolt it went on anyway ...where
Thank you, I couldn’t find the proper string so I used a boot shoelace .
That would work . I think where you buy the Fiskars pruner they can order the proper cord . Probably a lot more expensive than the boot lace though .
Great job!!!
Thanks and I hope it helped you .
hi great video can you tell me how long the bit of cord is please I got a replacement kit and have followed your instruction I can do everything except roll the top over to close it. It's like the cord is not quite long enough
I don’t have the pruner any more to measure the cord length. If you got the kit, the length should be correct . Check to make sure the knot in the cord isn’t taking up too much cord length .
I would also recommend taking it all apart and starting again in case you have would it too many times. Good luck .
merci beaucoup thanks a lot
Je vous en prie
Thank you. The Model UPX82 needs only one time around the wheel!
Thanks for the comment . That will help those with the same model as yours .
I thought I had it all fixed and figured out. Not the strap, but the string broke inside from pulling to hard when I tried to cut a half dead branch. So I tied to broken string back together. Now when I pull on the orange handle, to make the jaws to close, it will not close completely. I didn’t think the knot would stop the string from sliding as you close the jaws because the knot goes away and not towards the cutter. What did I do wrong?
Can you disassemble the head away from the long shaft to make sure that part works smoothly first ? If that works smoothly then the problem is in the long shaft .
Great video, but you skipped the attachment of the chain to the blade. I am assuming I can use a stainless bolt and nut, but I cannot get a good look at how it was fastened before it broke.
I skipped that bit because normally that section should not break . Mine broke as well as yours .attach the chain to the blade and use a pop rivet and then hammer the rivet flat . That works . I originally tried using wire but that detached a few times before I used the rivet.
So how did you thread the strap back through the bottom again?
I was making a video on the strap but haven’t finished it . Ran out of time and motivation. Will see what I can do .
From approximately 6.20 of the video when you are putting the two turns of string around the inner wheel the chain disappears and then reappears when you are testing for free movement. Do you have to take the chain off? If so how please. Good video. Thanks.
Hello and thanks for your comment.
It has been a while since I made that video . From memory, I did not purposely take the chain off . It had snapped off at the end where it connects to the jaw. The chain then went inside the plastic housing and was still attached inside . I was trying to retrieve the end that came off and ended up dismantling the whole assembly . I then had to put it back together and it was so complicated that I made this video to help others .
In the video , when the chain is not visible , it is still inside the inner reel. The chain has come off the link where it attaches to the jaws . In the end I had to use a pop rivet to attach the chain back to the jaw .
Hello Im wanting to open the knife cutter a little bit, can the chain be adjusted to do this?
From what I remember , I don’t think the chain is what allows the cutter to open more . I think the chain just pulls it .
If you adjust the opening with the chain , you may not be able to cut fully closed .
Thank you. At last!
Funny comment . I think these Fiskars pruners all break in the same place .
Unfortunately, after trying this out our cutter still doesn't work, and now the locking mechanism for the cutter doesn't work either. Does something special need to happen during reassembly to make the locking mechanism work?
Which area is the locking mechanism you are asking about ? Is it in the handle ?
@@Dentinvent On the clipper, the one that allows you to swing the clipper up or down and lock it in place. I poked around the web a bit yesterday trying to sort it out, and I think the clipper needs to be upright (toward the blade) when put back together, and the bolt needs to be tightened more (it was a real pain to get off in the first place). I'll give it another go as soon as I have some more time on my hands.
Need to know how to disassemble the chain link at the blade. Don't want to break it.
Isn’t the chain link connected by a rivet? If you really need that taken off you need to cut the rivet. Replacing it means placing another rivet. I used a standard industrial river and also hammered it flatter . No amount of bent wire was strong enough to replace the rivet due to the force on the chain.
@@Dentinvent THANKS for the SPEEDY reply! Yes, there is a rivet in the plastic round piece end, but at the blade end, there is a removable link - problem is I never saw one like this. I'm familiar with links where it is obvious that they slide off to the side, but this link looks like it snaps off the problem being if I try to snap it off and it is not a snap off, I'll end up damaging it.
(This link would allow the blade to be replaced w/o tearing everything apart.)
My pruner works great but I am unable to pull the bottom knob to make the pruner work. Any help?
The bottom knob runs on another cord . I’ll see if I can make a video on that . I don’t have the pruner any more so I’ll have to go by memory and old videos I took. The cord may be threaded wrongly .
@@Dentinvent Thank you!! It was working great, and then totally stuck fast.
It may take me a while to compile the video as I have to look back and try and remember .
@@Dentinvent Thank you!
I woula like help repairing the GARDENLINE telescopic pruner!
This looks like an Aldi type pruner . I haven’t fixed one of those . I am planning to take apart a Gardena starcut pruner soon.
Some of the pruners have more mechanical mechanisms than the Fiskars type rope pulley system so hopefully for you it is easier to work out . If from Aldi maybe return it to them?
Do you know how do you remove the chain link to replace the blade or is there a video.
I think the chain link is riveted so if you need to remove it, you may need to drill the rivet :
Good idea
Great video but cannot get the 2nd turn around the wheel I've got the UPX86
Thanks for the comment . I think your model may have a slightly different wind .
“The two models are virtually the same except the new X variant has a Powergear mechanism for increased cutting force “.
Does it work with one winding ?
There is no additional effect (eg. leverage) from the second one turn around. IMHO it just allows head movement in its full scope of angles so I positioned the head and jaws to their max-string-consuming position and made only one turn around. It works all normally.
Excellent video. I just can't get the two halves back together without the string coming off the inner rotating spool. I've tried 20 times and I am about to throw the whole lot in the garbage and buy a new one!!
Don’t give up Ian. You would be surprised just how many of these trimmers are breaking . Try keeping the string pulled tighter as you put the two halves together.
Firstly , walk away and get into a calm mood then come back to it .
@@Dentinvent Thanks for your encouragement.
Thanks for the video but with the upx86 you only have to wrap it around the reel ONCE! might save you some time ;)
Thanks for the comment . I think I found the cord was too loose with only one wrap around . Point taken though .
Eventually it wil run smoothly (freaking 3 hours later stil not running smoothly)
Gardenline ok?
Never worked on a Gardenline model
what is the length of this rope?
Sorry I never measured the length and cannot find anywhere which mentions the length in the replacement kit .
@@Dentinvent ok :) yesterday I changed the rope ,but the rope is long on the reel. and I didn't know how long I had to cut it:) but I got it changed thanks to the video, thank you :)
GARDEN LINE?
I think all of the Fiskars cutting heads are similar in operation.
Did you receive an email and a photo?
No email or photo received
Iv watch your video about 50 times lol but every time i put it together i never works. Maybe im missing something really simple so frustrating
Thanks . I now have 50 more views . Lol.
Make sure when you are assembling it that you always pull the cord a little as you close it up just to make sure it isn’t binding inside the plastic part . This maybe why it isn’t working for you . Let me know how you go .
you opened with the statement "the chain has come off the cutting mechanism". The chain is not off. It is connected. You meant the pull-string to the cutting mechanism is off.
The chain actually snapped right off one of the linkages and was caught inside the housing . Yes the chain had come off the part that moves the cutter . When I eventually got the cutter back together I had to use a pop rivet to reattach the chain . I tried a small bit and bolt but that failed and came off easily due to the force used when cutting .
I loved this thing until it quit closing.Now it's a nightmare
Quit closing? Often the fault is the draw cord getting stuck . Checking the feed in the head often fixes it . Also make sure the screw is not done up too tightly .
Hate to say this but the Gardena Starcut 410 seems to be smoother, stronger and more reliable with no jamming . I bought both and prefer the Gardena.
I need an email adress!
Remember that I have not worked on a garden line trimmer before . If you leave your contact details I’ll contact you.
@@Dentinvent odor.talpbetet@gmail.com I need an email adress!
A good video but still too hard
Graeme yes a bit complicated but hopefully it’s done slowly enough to follow . Seems like the whole world has problems with the Fiskars head .
The head is stuck in one positioN (45 degrees) but cutters still work.
If the head is stuck try undoing the central bolt completely and take it apart to make sure the plastic cogs are not jammed or broken inside .
Fis karts 86 does not work
Tell me what doesn’t work on it .
the head cannot be tightended and the blade blocks
Try taking the whole bolt out of the tightening clip and make sure the clip ( lever thing ) is in the correct position and that should allow the head to tighten .
Tyłu komentujących świadczy o tym jak wielkim gównem jest sekator fiskars.
Yes I do think you are correct. Poor design causes it to break easily and hence so many search this video which is good for me . 😊
it's very misleading how they call these "chain drive" pole pruners..
I suppose even if there is a small amount of chain, they can put that in the description.
This excellent video has helped me today (29.02.2024) to replace ruptured string in Fiskars UP86. I take the new string of the same diameter , and a some cm longer. as the ruptured string. T h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h. Tomorrow I hope to continue my garden works with repaired tool successfuly.
You must be so proud that you managed to fix it ! Well done. Have fun gardening.
Thanks for the comment.
Or you could throw it away and buy a new one for 40 bucks.
Where can you buy one that cheap ? If the $40 breaks you’d still need to fix that one too.
Gardenline ok?
I have never fixed a Gardenline model
Voglio mandarti una foto!
@@laszloodor1764
If you put a link to your picture , I can have a look but I am not sure I can help or I do not have a Gardenline trimmer .