Little Homelite Bandit, in service maybe 10-12 years. Flex-cable takes
about 70 degree curve between motor and cutting head.

It rattles when running. Could be in the tiny 2-stroke motor, but I
suspect something in the drive.

How do ya lube the flex-cable? I surveyed the manual, couldn't find
anything. Looking at it, all I could figger was to drain the gas,
turn upside-down, pull the cutting head, and drip oil down the shaft.

Thx,
Peetie

On Oct 6, 1:41*pm, Peetie Wheatstraw
wrote:
Little Homelite Bandit, in service maybe 10-12 years. Flex-cable takes
about 70 degree curve between motor and cutting head.

It rattles when running. Could be in the tiny 2-stroke motor, but I
suspect something in the drive.

How do ya lube the flex-cable? I surveyed the manual, couldn't find
anything. Looking at it, all I could figger was to drain the gas,
turn upside-down, pull the cutting head, and drip oil down the shaft.

* Thx,
* Peetie

I would guess its is fraying and ready to break.

On Oct 6, 1:52*pm, ransley wrote:
On Oct 6, 1:41*pm, Peetie Wheatstraw
wrote:

Little Homelite Bandit, in service maybe 10-12 years. Flex-cable takes
about 70 degree curve between motor and cutting head.

It rattles when running. Could be in the tiny 2-stroke motor, but I
suspect something in the drive.

How do ya lube the flex-cable? I surveyed the manual, couldn't find
anything. Looking at it, all I could figger was to drain the gas,
turn upside-down, pull the cutting head, and drip oil down the shaft.

* Thx,
* Peetie

I would guess its is fraying and ready to break.

Not sure about the Homelite, but can say about my Sears/Poulan
weedeater.
The flex cable ends have a square drive. Pull the lower head off the
shaft and remove the flex drive. Lube well with a light lithium
grease. Hold motor end down & reinsert flex cable. Turn cable until
you feel the square drive drop into the clutch. Reinsert the lower
head, turning the drive shaft until you feel it engage the flex
shaft.
I would guess that your homelite has a similar design.

KC

In article ,
Peetie Wheatstraw wrote:

Little Homelite Bandit, in service maybe 10-12 years. Flex-cable takes
about 70 degree curve between motor and cutting head.

It rattles when running. Could be in the tiny 2-stroke motor, but I
suspect something in the drive.

How do ya lube the flex-cable? I surveyed the manual, couldn't find
anything. Looking at it, all I could figger was to drain the gas,
turn upside-down, pull the cutting head, and drip oil down the shaft.

Thx,
Peetie

Dunno what your flex shaft looks like, but flexible drive shafts in
general are comprised of an outer jacket, an inner core, and a coupling
on each end.

If there's no grease nipple, then hopefully there's a way to remove
(unscrew) the coupling from one end, extract the core, lube it with
grease, and reassemble. (Make sure the core re-engages the non-removed
coupling before reattaching the removed coupling.)

On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:49:59 -0700, Smitty Two wrote:

Dunno what your flex shaft looks like, but flexible drive shafts in
general are comprised of an outer jacket, an inner core, and a coupling
on each end.

If there's no grease nipple, then hopefully there's a way to remove
(unscrew) the coupling from one end, extract the core, lube it with
grease, and reassemble. (Make sure the core re-engages the non-removed
coupling before reattaching the removed coupling.)

I pull the string-head off the shaft on which it mounts. There's a nut
where the shaft goes into the curved tube. I try to unscrew the nut, it
just spins the flex-drive (and motor). Feels locked in the other
direction: afraid of breaking the drive-cable.

I could figger it out with a decent exploded view of parts. Manual is
mostly junk. :-(

Peetie

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:50:11 -0700 (PDT), KC wrote:

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:50:11 -0700 (PDT), KC wrote:

Not sure about the Homelite, but can say about my Sears/Poulan
weedeater.
The flex cable ends have a square drive. Pull the lower head off the
shaft and remove the flex drive. Lube well with a light lithium
grease. Hold motor end down & reinsert flex cable. Turn cable until
you feel the square drive drop into the clutch. Reinsert the lower
head, turning the drive shaft until you feel it engage the flex
shaft.
I would guess that your homelite has a similar design.

KC

Got the flex-cable out the top instead of the bottom. Had to
dissemble the handle/trigger. Rest was per above.

Thanks,
Peetie