Stihl Grass Trimmer Maintenance | The FS38 Has a Hidden Grease Hole

[@mattwaters6987]

There is nothing in the manual under maintenance about this. Unbelievable! Thank you for this critical information.

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Happy to help!

[@jimcolumba1673]

Thanks so much, I was looking for this video.

[@andymatakatea5973]

Great video, I didn't even know there was a grease hole in these contraptions

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Glad it helped you out. 😊

[@joehozzy2616]

Hi, do you have any videos on replacing the bearing and/or the drive shaft? Thanks

[@garyd3862]

Thank you for the info on the grease location. I bought my first and use gas weed trimmer FS38 at a garage sale. It runs great.

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

That's great, they are good equipment.

[@Horizon301.]

What’s it like for edging?

[@jasonford2863]

Nice I didn't know about the grease hole just done mine after watching the video

[@noahgamingvideos1584]

😂

[@AIainMConnachie]

I like your stuff! So I own a Stihl too eh big beast of a thing but it's great. Anyway a guy at the dump gave me a green Featherlite & boy is it ever light! FL25C is the model. Later found out he just said it won't start. I know most ppl including him I guess consider these Poulan things garbage. But I can't help but like the little thing, Long story short I took it apart including the carb; cleaned it up got er goin. It just doesn't run for long &/ or it bogs out, then a little puff of smoke out the carb & goes to sleep. I suspect the idle screws need adjusting but they're some weird shape & I can't change them. Suggestions?

[@Ppp-kk6hw]

Thanks for the tips and big up from Scotland 😊

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Nice to hear from Scotland 😀

[@stephenrobinson7945]

I filled a syringe with grease and injected the grease into the port. My battry powerd trimmer also has a grease port.

[@ktop4u]

Is there a way to turn the head to edge? I currently turn the entire unit and it keeps shutting off every 2-3 mins?

[@julianhull965]

The "grease hole" screw retains the bearing mounting inside the tube. The whole bearing can then by pulled out easily. I placed the spindle in a pillar drill and spun it slowly whilst pushing in grease with a 2ml syringe - it doesent go in easily but eventually clean grease squidges out of the ends. Also the flexible drive can be pulled out of the tube and re-greased and slid back in. Attach the bearing first and rotate it so the flexible drive engages at the engine end. All very easy. But not covered in any Stihl manual that Ive come across.

[@sebanetchannel]

Excellent !! Thank you !! new subscriber .. Grettings from Argentina

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Awesome, thank you!

[@larrylohnes8027]

Good directions thank you.

[@jacobmartin6217]

I would like to add, you need to turn the head shaft while greasing to work out the old grease, otherwise your not getting the old dirt and bad grease out. Keep pumping and watch your head as you turn it and pay attention to the color of the grease coming out, stop ounce the color of the grease looks the same as what’s going in. No discoloration and clean looking. This will keep that bearing healthy.

[@migm7428]

I have a Stihl FS 36 that still runs great, just won't die! Good compression. Trouble is the orange plastic cowling that covers and cuts the line has broken. Also I would like to buy a new line-trimmer bump head. My local dealer cannot access parts for a machine this old. Anybody know of another source?

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Try ebay

[@suryadeephooda6501]

Amazon had replacements. C6-2

[@crash7098]

What grease do you use?

[@macgregor6511]

I like it and thanks.

[@nolancampos]

Great tutorial, do you know if a steel blade can be adapted to this FS38? and if there is an adapter which one is it?

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Thanks and I don't believe so.

[@charlessimmons243]

you are our Ace in The Hole...I Said Ace....🙂

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Lol 😆

[@DJDOUBLE077]

Sweet...great info

[@sharonswiegers]

Didnt have a grease gun so I used a big syringe filled it with grease . Worked just fine

[@35Zeuss]

What's the name of that part on the inside that you greased?

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Not sure, trimmer head bearing?

[@bobfisher1909]

Just a brass bushing sleeve, not a roller bearing, these things are non-replaceable far as I know but they can last a long time even if they wear.. Check out this dude, kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKaZeoKbrdh3ntk

[@timmugaseth1292]

what size of wire

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

.080"

[@2usa87]

Thank you

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

You're welcome

[@williampike6813]

Thanks

[@Bergahorn4]

Wow thanks for the info 👍 I have the same one

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

You are welcome. It's a good trimmer, now we can make them last even longer. 😀

[@gregrichard9192]

Great job What type of grease tho?

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

I use all purpose grease

[@gregrichard9192]

@@GettingItDoneRepairs thanks much

[@bryanhauschild4376]

Still has a one you can buy with a small tip on it.

[@jimgresham5529]

The greasy kind.

[@gregrichard9192]

@@jimgresham5529 the kind I use on your wife?

[@AIainMConnachie]

As in… Gday eh? North of Hwy 7? Hello from Party Sound

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

@AIainMConnachie hello parry sound

[@AIainMConnachie]

@@GettingItDoneRepairsSubscribed!

[@LostWoodsman76]

They don't make it easy, do they? Great tip

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

I think they want you to get it fixed or throw it away and buy a new trimmer.

[@jayytee8062]

Also be aware of the 2 nuts securing the air filter box to the cylinder head. They can become loose and enter into the combustion chamber/crank case and destroy things. Has just happened to me, with damaged piston and cylinder chamber. My FS38 has had practically no more than 2 hours working time. Who designs it so you have tiny little components which can become loose next to a large opening leading into a fast moving mechanism? It's almost as if it was designed with this flaw.

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Wow never heard of this. Maybe it was an odd thing where the nuts weren't torqued properly from the factory. I have many hours on mine and my Dads has been 5 times as much as mine. No issues. I will check mine.

[@jayytee8062]

@@GettingItDoneRepairs Yep, make sure they are not loose. Some sort of locking compound wouldn't hurt either.

[@michaelthomas9243]

Sealed bearing. You didn't get any grease to the bearings.

[@CluelessEngineer]

I bought one of these fs38 at a garage sale for 25$ because the trimmer head is seized. Probably because he didn't grease the bearing😂. Right?

[@stephenzies8867]

It Always Works Better When You lube The Hole 🤣

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Just don't over lube. 🤣

[@brianfox4284]

Just put the tip in😂

[@saphirediamondspearlzsdpje3127]

👍👍

[@GettingItDoneRepairs]

Thank you Linda!

[@bobfisher1909]

Lol, there no bearing just a brass bush, Who told you to grease that hole? The old 36 never had the hole u had to remove the cable and grease that. The brush-cutter with the big head have the bearings...

[@DM-uk3dp]

No bearing there. Just a bushing

[@anthonytriolo3643]

If you have a clean desk you are not working 😊

[@arkangel7j]

a garage that isnt dirty isnt working ;)

[@jameswenrichiii8601]

Good information