Craftsman CMXGCAQ108493 Operator's Manual page 24

PROBLEM
Cutting head keeps spinning or spins
when you release the safety bar.
Cutting cords are breaking.
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Cutting cords are pulling out.
The cutting head is wearing too quickly.
TROUBLESHOOTING
• Check for proper alignment of the v-belt. Check it against
Figure 18 in the "Replacing the Belt" section on page 20.
• If the cutting head keeps spinning when you release the
safety bar, see "Adjusting the Belt Tension through the
Cutting Head Control Cable" on page 19.
• If none of the above helps, visit our web site at www.
dirtyhandtools.com or call 1-877-487-8275 for assistance.
• The cords may be too dry. Store cords in a plastic bag with a
damp sponge or cloth to make them less prone to breaking
or soak them in a bucket of water for a few days.
• You may be trying to do too much too fast. Ease into the
material you are cutting; let the cord tips do the work. Take
small bites of tall or tough vegetation. Cut half a swath at a
time, keeping the cut area to the discharge or right side of
the cutting head. Go over tall material twice, the first time
with the cutting head tilted up and back; the second time
with the cutting head on the ground.
• Make sure that you are not hitting the cords against a stone
or a chain-link fence. The cords won't last as long against
obstacles as in the open. Work on controlling the cutting
pattern. With practice, you'll learn to cut closer to obstacles
without hitting them.
• You may be moving too fast into tough, woody growth. In
doing so, the cords may wrap on stalks and pull out. Check
the operating tips in the section above on breaking cords.
• Make sure that you are not trying to cut material too heavy
for the cord. The design of your cutting head is to cut green
material up to about the thickness of a pencil.
• If none of the above helps, visit our web site at www.
dirtyhandtools.com or call 1-877-487-8275 for assistance.
• You may be pushing the cutting head down into the ground.
The string trimmer works best with a light touch, with the
cutting head resting easily on the ground.
• You may be hitting the cutting head against rocks, concrete
driveways or other hard obstacles. Try approaching them
slowly, and from different directions, to avoid unnecessary
wear.
• If none of the above helps, visit our web site at www.
dirtyhandtools.com or call 1-877-487-8275 for assistance.
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SOLUTION