Best video ever. I am a smart lady used to doing things by myself. My man has rethreaded this in the past and whatever he did was really complicated. You video had me back to weed wacking in less than 5 minutes. I kept the little plastic piece (the item that was causing me most of my grief} but it works perfectly without it. Still feeds extra line by taping on the ground. I am a happy, and still independent, gal.

It's infuriating how easy this was AFTER removing the white plastic part! 😅 Thank you for this video!

Just brilliant, I really don't understand why Stihl don't put this in the instructions! Thank you so much!

I just spent 1/2 hour loading new string in my wife’s trimmer for the first time. It almost went into the pond 😂 I sure wish I had seen your video before attempting to load the string with no manual. Thank You!

There is nothing in the manual about this. Thank you so much.

I've been using string trimmers all my life and never knew reloading could be done this easily. Awesome video. Thanks for posting it!

Great how to video! You saved me $18 and a bunch of time. The original cartridge got gummed up and stopped releasing gut. I thought it ran out of gut. When I opened the canister I saw it had instead jammed and still had 15 feet of usable gut. I thought I'd have to buy a new cartridge. But these instructions helped me cut off the white plastic 'gut cover' and rethread all that good remaining gut. Works great! Thanks again.

Where have you been all my life...or as long as I've owned my Stihl?!! My husband bought this for me, knowing I love a neat garden and good garden toys. Thank you, thank you. I knew there had to be a simpler process than pulling the whole machine apart every time I ran out of string. And I got rid of that plastic ring, too. Heading out to trim ! Again, thank you!!

Saved my weekend and kept me from throwing the dang head in the trash when it jammed. Thanks man.

My jaw dropped! Thank you so much for teaching me how to do this! I have had so many line jams from not knowing how to install the replacement line correctly. ❤❤❤

This is my go to video each time I run out of string. It is the clearest explanation and so simple……takes the stress and worry out of this job. Thanks so much for taking the time to post and help all of us.

This video is SO helpful! I was so frustrated that a Stihl product did not have an easy way to restring the spool. The instruction book does not even address this,as they want you to purchase new spools. But, the new spools get jammed right away so that is no solution. Both my husband and I went to the Stihl dealer and didn't find the help we needed to restring. This video showed how SIMPLE it is - and the tip to get rid of the plastic spool covering is great! I cut them off, and now everything is working beautifully! The Stihl trimmer is otherwise very good - and the battery lasts a very long time. We have two batteries, but one really goes a long way. THANK YOU! This video made my day! :)

I can not THANK YOU ENOUGH ...Im a young widow and this was very simple, clear instructions. Im so glad I found your video. Thank you once again

Ummm…Sir….you are my hero! I am woman who loves yard work and house remodels. I like to do things myself! Your video makes more sense than any Stihl video I looked up!!! Thanks to you I don’t feel dumb! Thank you!!!!

Can't thank you enough for this video! NONE of the other videos make it this easy! I'm a widow and just started doing the yardwork and I was getting so frustrated! This was so helpful.

Thank you for sharing this. I am a 74 year old woman that has been struggling with this. It works perfectly!!!! Bless you!!

Omg SOO much easier than all those other tutorials, thank you! ❤

You were a blessing today my husband had back surgery and I needed to weed eat. I could not figure it out. This was the simplest video I’ve ever seen you’re awesome thank you. Thank you.🎉

Thanks for the video brother, worked perfectly. I left my white ring on, just oriented the holes, worked perfectly, exactly as you demonstrated. Thanks again, great job!

Coincidentally I just purchased a brand new FSA 57 and after using it for a few hrs, the factory green string stopped coming out of the spool. I watched your video and YES as you stated,the white band had caused the string to get all tangled up. I removed the white band and threw it away. I then removed all the green string and rethreaded as you demonstrated in your video. To date no more problems, thanks so much.

Thank you so much for this easy to understand video! My husband had a stroke and doesn’t have fine motor skills with is right hand anymore and has a hard telling me what to do. We were able to complete this task without ending up with him being frustrated and me in tears, thank you so much.

Great audio and visual explanations. You made it simple and sweet. Thank you!

Thank you. Great help. I took that white thing off and it fixed my problem. I’m 73 and my hands are not as strong as they use to be. Tip for senior citizens: use a quarter to turn the spool. I even attached an Aldi quarter holder to my line reel. Happy Mimi

Great Tip for prospective buyers. Was hesitant on buying one of these until I saw your video. Stihl owes you big time. Thank you!!!

One of the best and most helpful videos out there. Just wanted to send a huge THANK you Sir.

Great video. I tried refilling just by using common sense, and it worked but not correctly. This is very simple. Just needed an excellent video to lead me in the write direction.

I approach my lawn care with the zeal of a 1950's male. This video is gold--thank you!

Thanks so much for showing how to rethread the trimmer string onto the spool of a Stihl FSA-57 trimmer. Now I won’t have to buy new spools or pay to have mine rethreaded. You showed it so well and made it so easy to do, that even an old woman can rethread hers. Thank you, thank you!

Tk u you are the perfect example of how to not make something easy looks complicated. You can add in your video that when the strings are becoming short. You have to hit that thing on a hard surface while maintaining the engine running or maybe you can teach us how to pull the strings out without banging…. ( my wife doesn’t like the banging thing)😅

Thank you!!!!! The guy at the store I bought it at showed me how by taking it apart and winding it manually. This is so easy

Thank you so much. I whippersnip and reline this for my oma and its caused me so much greif. Wow. Cant believe how simple it can be!!! I love you. I love your voice. Thanks from Hannah, Australia

Perfect this is exactly the information I needed great video thanks for your help

So glad I found this! You have made my day! My husband & I have a lot of upkeep around here & I like to do my part. Thank you for this detailed video making it easy for so many!

Thank you so much, as lady said below I am a lady who likes to do things myself with a busy husband. Your video saved me bothering him to do what turned out to be a perfectly simple task

Thanks for the simple way to restring this trimmer. I removed the white plastic band as well, it does make a difference, my trimmer doesn't bind up now.

This video just saved me a ton of money....... and time. I bought this trimmer for my Papa (he's 92) and showed him how to refill the line, even with how weak his hands are he's able to refill the trimmer with ease. I originally bought him the refills and he could not open it up to put the refills in it, he thinks you and I thank you for posting this. I honestly wish all the Stihl trimmers were this easy to refill?

Genius! The Stihl manual is useless. Once I followed your instructions, everything worked and it was simple. Removing that white band from the spool made the whole loading reliable. Thank you!

Worked like a charm! I re-strung the spool the other day and it was a disaster when I pulled the trigger on it. She cuts great now so thanks a bunch for such an enlightening video!

I'm going to pay for my dinner tonight with the money this video saved me. Thanks so much!!

Excellent video, thanks for the tips. You're right about discarding that white plastic guard sleeve -- apparently, that's how it comes after factory installation but not needed after first cut (if at all). One point: I'm using thinner string, not as stiff, so it didn't poke straight through the way yours did...but I got the idea, and just threaded through easily before I slipped it back into the trimmer head.

Thank you so much.I was about to make an extra trip to ace hardware so they could show me like an idiot.... You are very good at showing how to do things.... Thank you, buddy.

This video is something that I needed, but could not find in the manual that came with the Stihl FSA 57. Thank you so much for sharing ‘How to refill the spool’ of a Stihl FSA 57. You added cheer to my day! Thanks!!

I thought my new trimmer had already run out of string. I was waiting for my local small engine repair guy to show me how but the grass kept growing. I got frustrated and watched your video. Turned out one side had broken off, I pulled it all out, re-threaded it and I'm back to trimming. Thank you for sharing.

Finally!!!! My God, thank you so much for the simple instructions. I have been struggling with this thing for a year!

I'm so darn glad you were the first video that I saw. Thank you so very much for sharing this information. I was sitting here trying to figure out how to get the white cover off the spool so I could refill. Thanks again. You're a lifesaver.

Just want to say thank you! I know this video is old but my goodness it saved me so much struggle 🤣 Weed eaters and me don’t get along most of the time and this just made things a whole lot simpler! Thanks!! Gained a follower for life! 🎉

Beautiful work. /And fun. And conservationist! So good to hear ppl say, 'it's a waste to throw that out'. Not only throwing away money, but creating even more (unnecessary) plastic undestroyable, uncompostable plastic garbage. That will stay like that for generations.

You Sir, are the epitome of a resourceful American homeowner! Thanks for the tip!

Your video was perfect! So easy to follow and it actually Worked! Thank you. I’m just a little hillbilly girl with a strong back and small brain. I feel so proud not having to consult with my brother. 😊

Awesome. Best instruction out there on this product. The threading can be finicky but I did it!

3:29 Thank you so much for this! This is so easy. I just hope it works when I go out there and weed eat and I can stop crying! I went out and it works fine.🎉

BEST AND EASIEST VIDEO IVE EVER SEEN!! I went to SS where i bought it from, a nice man showed me how to rethread approx 2 months .. I honestly forgot how to do ! Wayyy more complicated! You are awesome and greatly appreciated for sharing this video! I wish I could give you 2 thumbs up and a hug🤣🤣 !! ty so very much!!

O.M.G.! That was so easy! It took me 10 times longer to find this video than it did to follow your directions and rethread it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Wow, you are definitely my hero!!!! Every Stihl dealership around here is sold out of them replacement cartilage. So they do have the replacement heads still 19.99. Well I love my FSA 57 but I'm not made of money either. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! DIY VAGurl😎

Removing the white plastic guard made my trimmer work so much better. Thank you!!

Thank you. Couldn't understand why I could not find this simple maintenance procedure in the manual, other than "install a new spool of line". Nicely designed procedure. Would think they'd want to brag about it.

Thank you so much for making this. I couldn't believe it when I read the instructions and we're supposed to replace the whole part. Now I never will. It's so easy when you explain it.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I wrapped it on spool off weed eater kept putting that white part back in! Thank you !!!

Sure beats my old trimmer spool string replacement! Highly recommend this product!

I was surprised that they didn't say anything about reloading the spool in the owner's manual. Thank you for the helpful video!

Thanks. This was so easy. I wasn’t looking forward to doing with memories in the long ago past.

Excellent! Exactly what I needed and I really enjoyed throwing the white retainer plastic ring. You're the man.

I picked up mine new at a yard sale for 100 bucks. Just ran out of line and your the first video I got. Thanks a bunch, work like a champ!👍

I would hug you if I could!!!! I just refilled mine. EASY PEAZIE. My husband is out of the country and I refuse to buy pre-made refills. I sure hope Stihl gives you a big cut on prices or free equipment. THANK YOU>

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have this exact same trimmer model and it ran out of line just now. The white ring, I think, serves a few purposes... The first is that it has curved "teeth" which correspond to some protruding "walls" on the inside of the hub (by hub I mean the part still attached to the weed eater). HOWEVER this is redundant in terms of keeping it in place because the spool head itself has four "curved teeth" which keep it secured in place with the grey Stihl cap/ring which itself is secured to the hub. And the other purpose the white ring serves, which I believe to be the main purpose, is to deter the customer from respooling it themselves!!! On one side of the spool there are two holes which say 2.0 mm and on the opposite side there are two holes which say 1.6 mm. Next to the holes are thin, protruding "walls" and there are U-turn arrows..... So you just enter the appropriate string into the appropriate hole, wrap it around that wall in a 180° fashion as the arrows show, and then just continue spooling it. I suppose you could respool it by hand and keep the white plastic ring in place, which I will probably attempt to do before taking it off. Thank you again for uploading, this has saved me a lot of time and frustration, not to mention money!

Excellent advice on how to load more trimmer line.

Thanks so much for this video! Have no idea why Stihl, themselves, couldn't put more detailed instructions within their own d**n "instruction manual" on how to do this. Instead, I had to go online/KZfaq to learn. Maybe others can grasp s**t better, but not me. Lol. Thank you!

I can't begin to describe how incorrectly I was doing this. Science Bless you, sir.

Awesome! This is the video I come back for every spring. Hopefully I've got it now. 🙂

Oh wow!! What a great video. Simple and easy to understand. Thanks so much!!!

Removing that white plastic wrap made a big difference! Stihl probably added that to frustrate people from restringing it, and buying one of their new cartridges.

Great job. You made this so simple. You’re my lifeline! Thanks very much. 😀👍

Thank you SOOO MUCH!!! You made this so SIMPLE 😅 I have subscribed to your channel!!! You’re going to get me through this 😄. Hoping you have videos on chain saws, servicing push mowers, blowers and hedge trimmers❤. Off to weed earth! You’re the best for this widowed woman!

Thanks so very much! Struggled with this nonsense for a week before I came across your video. Easy and down to earth - if you`ll forgive the pun!

Finally a great video straight to the point. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for the video I have been waiting for months for the refill cartridge and no one has them. Thanks for your video I can now continue my work in my yard. Thanks a million. God Bless. 🙏

Finally a video that properly shows how to get it done ! Thank you 🙏

Thank you Cap'n ADK- worked a dream! Didn't cost me a penny as I had some old strimmer wire lying around from years ago. Two comments: 1. You can leave the pointless white thing on if you ensure the holes are lined up. 2. 8 metres is about 26' (I love you Americans with your quaint old measurement systems!)

Thanks bud. No instructions in the booklet but you put it perfectly. 👍

Thank you sir! You saved me many hours of frustration.

Thanks for sharing. I found your video just when I ran out of string on the 57. Your process worked great.

"Coming right out the other side" best part of the video! The excitement in your voice lol. BTW thanks, this was super easy to do on mine!

Thank you so much for this video. One very happy 70 year old lady here !!😊

How easy is this! Half way down the driveway and my newish 57 ran out of string... I came in and put the question to the world. I watched this video once, went out to the garage and found some cord from my dead B&D (a less than happy thing), followed these easy steps from memory (no small thing for my old, tired mind), and presto - I finished the driveway. Someone buy this nice man a glass of the best!

Cannot thank you enough!!! You have no idea the profanity that preceded my finding your video!!!😁❤️❤️

Wowie! This is EXACTLY what I needed! Thanks a million for saving my sanity.

A W for us regular Joe homeowners. You saved us money. Thank you sir

Great job. Thank for showing me how to do this simple technique. I've been frustrated, trying to thread the spool. Thanks.

Thank you for taking the time to make the video. Works great. I knew there had to be an easier way.

Hi - can i just say “thank you” … recently divorced and trying to figure stuff out - power tools is one of them - really appreciate you helping me today - proud girl !

Wow thank you so much.I been going weekly to get my weed eater restringed and mine was jamming everytime, so now I am gone keep this piece of Stihl, I was ready throw the new whole thing away !

Thank you!! I just don’t an hour doing g it the hard way (and wrong!) then found your video!! Love it! You explained it oerfectly❤❤❤

Thank you sooooooo much: not that I was gonna buy a refil pack but you saved me time in scouring the net for instructions. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Spot on!! Thanks for these SIMPLE instructions, greatly appreciated!

Dude. Seriously. God freaking bless you. I was doing it so incredibly wrong.

Top advice Captain 👍. Thank you from Sunny England, UK 🇬🇧

Captain ADK you’re awesome, best line replacement video for this model on the web!

Thanks for this! I can’t even find the correct replacement pods for my FS57, so I was SOL until I found your video.

Thank you! I was stumped with that white plastic ring! You saved the day but now I have to get back to work. 😂

Thank you! This was the easiest video to follow!!