Ryobi Expand It 40V Electric String Trimmer Line Replacement

Stringing the head begins at 3:00 - In this video I'll be replacing the Spiral Heavy Duty co-extruded trimmer line in a Ryobi 40 volt Electric String Trimmer. FYI, apparently it's pronounced Ree - obi.

[dmblan]

I've had this weedeater for about 2 years and I come back to your video every time I need to replace the line

[ElverGarico]

Man I spent 30 mins cussing up a storm before find this video. Talk about feeling like a dummy. But this was an excellent tutorial and now I can rest assured my line changes will be so much easier

[MightyWeeks]

As much as I cringed at when you said “expand it”, this helped me tremendously to finally load up my line. Thank you.

[Irisfall]

the cat is an excellent addition to the video. just look how curious she is! she wants to know all about whats going on in there

[RhondaStripling-dfbm]

Thank you. My husband passed away recently, and I have to do all yard work now. This helped a bunch.

[robindixon]

LOVE the sound effects!! You don't need a professional sound maker!

[TheVera]

Thx for the instructions! I nearly set mine on fire 3 times trying to get that thing loaded! Somehow the spool was getting stuck on top of the removable parts and started smoking really bad

[dscola]

I could not figure this out to save my life. Thank you.

[baby_snaps]

Thank you SO Much! You gotta be careful, they will break if you're too rough.

[The_Lone_Baker]

At first I was wondering why the video seemed to deliberately cut out when you couldn’t get the string to go through and then it magically went through after the skip.

But I decided to try one more time and despite failing all previous attempts, the string fed through easily! Can’t believe how much time I wasted on this!

And as an added bonus I now know how to properly advance the string which was something I was doing entirely wrong previously.

Thank you for the video. Showing you struggling helped me realize mine wasn’t faulty somehow.

[TheMultisportGeek]

Thanks for this. Putting new line on my trimmer has been one of the 12 mysteries of the universe for me.

[livingmydreamtrading]

Thanks!!!! was trying to spool it the old school way and something told me to check out youtube.... This was the first and ONLY video I needed to watch.

[SonicBoomC]

Mine has done well for me, but I'm thinking of changing mine for for one thar can handle more rhan .095. I've experimenting with the line that's smaller than this one to see which one spins better and gets caught up less.

[JoeHayes-zr]

At the end of the line installation, you pulled on both ends of the line and thee were locked in place. When I pull on both lines, they just get longer, and it I try to run the machine, the line wraps around the machine. What am I doing wrong?

[jacksingle]

The dramatic effect every time you said “Expand it” was ultimately what made me purchase one. I have never owned one that loaded string that way so thank you.

[garyl.]

Almost quit watching this, have no idea why you're using sound effects but, you got your point across it's easy to use thank you for your sharing of the information

[l.gabriellearboleda]

This is the most complicated and hard string loading procedure I have ever had to figure out. Maybe this video will help me.

[denniskingmoney]

The expand it sound effects made my inner child so happy 😂😂😂😂

[SteveinJersey]

Excellent video. A couple of additional tips that might come in handy. The markings referred to in the video are for Ryobi's pre-cut line, which is basically 16 feet, the optimal length. It's easier to just spool the line through and make sure the two ends are of equal length. And in the future, it's more cost effective to buy uncut line. Just pull off 16 feet. Second, and this is possibly much more helpful. if you find - as I did this morning - that you cannot get the line to spool through the holes on both sides, or that it's very difficult to wind the line onto the spool, it's very possible that there is still line inside the housing that is obstructing the new line. You can remove the top cap by pressing in on the tabs (doesn't take much pressure) and it will pop off. Remove any loose line hiding inside and then reassemble (very easy to do). You'll find that the line spools through with no problem now. And the entire assembly will also turn more smoothly, making it super simple to wind the line around the internal spool.

[annamberteaster]

Love the sound affects and the cat 😄😄😄