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How to Convert a Weed Eater to a Brush Cutter
How to Convert a Weed Eater to a Brush Cutter. Brushcutters and string trimmers, also called weed eaters, are the same machine. They use the same engine and hardware except down at the business, cutting end, the brush cutter uses a 9-inch saw blade or weed blade, whereas the weed eater uses a string head. The string spins and cuts the weed. String...
Brushcutters and string trimmers, also called weed eaters, are the same machine. They use the same engine and hardware except down at the business, cutting end, the brush cutter uses a 9-inch saw blade or weed blade, whereas the weed eater uses a string head. The string spins and cuts the weed. String pins are converted from string trimmer to brush cutter and back depending on the requirements of the undergrowth.
Step 1
Remove the grass deflector. Undo the screw or bolt at the point the wide plastic shield—the grass deflector—meets the shaft.
Step 2
Place a holding pin through the slot in the grass cover, the upper flange washer and the gear head.
Step 3
Remove the string head by turning it clockwise. Keep these bits safe. You’ll need them again to convert the device back into a weed eater.
Step 4
Secure the blade guard onto the shaft with a screw .It goes where the grass deflector was.
Step 5
Center the blade on the upper flange washer. The blade should be flat. You’ll see a shoulder on the upper flange washer which should insert into the center hole of the blade or saw.
Step 6
Put the lower flange washer on. Its raised center should be away from the blade.
Step 7
Install the nut guard—the cup-like bit—and the blade nut onto the gear head. You should use a holding pin on the upper flange washer and the gear head while you do this. Turn the blade nut counterclockwise.
