My Weedeater

where there is a will there is a way sonny if they are like some that i have seen where there is a piece of plastic surrounding them it can usually be pulled off with a pair of pliers and then adjusted. but maybe show a couple of pics and we can come up with some way to adjust them

they are not the plastic covers. They are a hex head that looks like it should take a socket, but even my 1/4" set is too big to fit. Think I am going to try my Dremel and put a slot in them, if the Dremel tool will fit? Find out tomorrow maybe.

going out to shop to try that in a few

Good deal!, I work on alot of those. And that's usually the problem. I made my own tool to adjust the carb. I first took an old, junked one. Removed one of the mixture screws. Then took a piece 1/8" steel brake line and "tapped it over the splines. i worked it back and fourth, till it would just slide on it. Works pretty slick.

that is a great idea now i may have to check my stuff to see if it will work on any of them

Hi SunnyT,

It sounds like you have the carb thing figured out, but I wanted to comment on the other thing you said. "I have to run it half-choked or shorten the lines about half way." Are you talking about the cutting line? I have found that my weed eating efforts are much better with the lines fully extended. (as much as possible) since the line actually only cuts with the TIP of the string. The more extended the string, the greater the diameter of the cutting circle, thus the FASTER the tip is spinning at a given RPM. I regularly bumb advance my string and I can tell when it's getting shorter because it is working harder to make the same cutting progress.