LawnMaster NPTGSP2517A Service Manual page 46

GEAR HEAD AND SPOOL
Spool Replacement (See Figs. 92-99)
Straight shaft grass trimmer (NPTGSP2517A)
■ Hold the main spool cover. Using the index finger and thumb firmly squeeze the locking tabs on the
trimmer head housing. Then remove the spool cover together with the spool (Fig. 92).
■ Remove the empty spool from the spool cover (Fig. 93).
NOTE: It is not necessary to remove the trimmer head housing from the drive shaft.
■ Insert the new spool into the spool cover. Release both trimmer lines from the parking slot and guide
the lines into both eyelets (Fig. 94).
■ To reinstall the spool cover, first align the slots on the spool cover with the locking tabs on the
trimmer head housing as shown. Then press the locking tabs and push the spool cover onto the
trimmer head housing. Make sure they are secured tightly (Fig. 95).
Trimmer
Head
Fig. 90
Locking tabs
on the trimmer
Locking tabs
Fig. 94 on the trimmer
Fig. 92
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Fig. 91
Fig. 93
Fig. 95