General Maintenance - Ryobi RLT36 Operator's Manual

■ Hold the trimmer with your right hand on the rear
handle and your left hand on the front handle.
■ Keep a firm grip with both hands while in operation.
■ Trimmer should be held at a comfortable position with
the rear handle about hip height.
■ Cut tall grass from the top down. This will prevent grass
from wrapping around the shaft housing and cutting
head which may cause damage from overheating.
If grass becomes wrapped around the cutting head:
■ Remove the battery pack from the trimmer.
■ Remove the grass.
Contact with the trimmer cutting head while operating
can result in serious personal injury.
CUTTING TIPS
See Figure 10
■ Keep the trimmer tilted toward the area being cut; this
is the best cutting area.
■ The trimmer will cut better when moved from left to
right across the area to be cut; it is less effective when
moved from right to left.
■ Use the tip of the cutting line to do the cutting; do not
force cutting head into uncut grass.
■ Wire and picket fences cause extra cutting line wear,
even breakage. Stone and brick walls, curbs, and
wood will wear cutting line rapidly.
■ Avoid trees and shrubs. Tree bark, wood moldings,
siding, and fence posts can easily be damaged by the
cutting line.
aDVaNCING CUTTING LINE
NOTE: The trimmer is equipped with an auto-feed head.
Bumping the head to try to advance the line will damage
the trimmer and void the warranty.
■ With the trimmer running, release the switch trigger.
■ Wait two seconds, and press the switch trigger.
NOTE: The cutting line will extend approximately 6.5mm
with each stop and start of the trigger until the cutting line
reaches the length of the grass deflector cut-off blade.
■ Resume trimming.
aDVaNCING THE CUTTING LINE MaNUaLLY
See Figure 11.
■ Remove the battery pack.
■ Push the black button located on the cutting head
while pulling on cutting line to manually advance the
cutting line.
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■ After extending new cutter line, always return the
machine to its normal operating position before
switching on.
aDjUSTaBLE CUTTING DIaMETER
See Figure 8
■ Remove the battery pack.
■ Rotate the plant protector to its working position to
avoid cutting flowers or plants by mistake.
■ Adjust the "cutting diameter slide" on the grass
deflector to adjust the cutting path diameter. There are
3 diameter options: 330mm, 305mm and 280mm.
Note: a smaller diameter cutting path will maximize run
time and cutting speed, while a larger cutting path will help
complete the trimming task quicker.
LINE CUT-OFF BLaDE
See Figure 12.
This trimmer is equipped with a line cut-off blade on the
grass deflector. For best cutting, advance line until it is
trimmed to length by the line cut-off blade. Advance line
whenever you hear the engine running faster than normal,
or when trimming efficiency diminishes. This will maintain
best performance and keep line long enough to advance
properly.
When servicing, use only genuine replacement parts.
Use of any other parts may create a hazard or cause
product damage.
To avoid serious personal injury, always remove the
battery pack from the tool when cleaning or performing
any maintenance.

GENERaL MaINTENaNCE

Before each use, inspect the entire product for damaged,
missing, or loose parts such as screws, nuts, bolts, caps,
etc. Tighten securely all fasteners and caps and do not
operate this product until all missing or damaged parts
are replaced. Please call Ryobi Customer Service for
assistance.
Avoid using solvents when cleaning plastic parts. Most
plastics are susceptible to damage from various types of
commercial solvents and may be damaged by their use.
Use clean cloths to remove dirt, dust, oil, grease, etc.
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