That was awesome, Brandon. Thank you very much. I bought everything at the same time only to find out there are no good directions that comes with either the machine nor the blade to put this on. They leave you guessing as to which way the blade goes. You made it all very easy. Again, thank you very much.
Just bought one of these blades. The guy in the shop showed me how to remove the string device and install this attachment but after a few days, I forgot details. Should have done it right away. I'm very grateful for your excellent, straightforward tutorial. Thank you from Canada!
Just bought a old stihl fs61R at a garage sale for 20 bucks, wasnt running, has been sitting for 10 years, threw some gas in it fired first pull and fired up the 2nd. Just bought a brush blade for it, very good instructional video since I didnt know what the hell I was doing.
Thank you for your awesome help! It’s funny… you said to turn clockwise and you’re right, it is clockwise, but it looked counterclockwise in the video. Anyway, thanks. Big help!
Exactly what I needed to see. Dad left me with a few stihl and echo trimmers and I have a box of mixed parts I’m trying to make sense of before I end up going out and buying more stuff.
Thank you! I've been trying to figure out how to do this by reading the instruction book. THERE'S an hour of my life I'll never get back! Total gibberish. I wish I'd searched for this video a lot sooner!
You and me both. The ‘manual’ from Stihl with the blade I purchased has 29 languages in it telling the user not to put there finger in a moving object.... nothing about installation.
great video. thank you for taking the time to make it. amazing to me stihl doesn’t indicate which direction to mount the blade in either better blade marking or pkg direction. your video was direct to the point and clearly illustrated. great job!!
I want you to know i revisit this video a couple times a year because i can never remember how this goes. My brain locks up and i pull up this video to get a quick refresher. Everytime
easier to turn it over - only need to hold the lock device in the hole, but the blade is easily centered - the other parts hold in place while you tighten the nut. less fighting = easier installation.
Maybe because of the video, but what you're saying is clockwise to tighten appears to be turning counter-clockwise. Not a problem, just an observation. Also, I found your helpful instructional video searching on the Stihl FS 45 trimmer. Is this that, or, will the attachment fit on any Stihl trimmer?
"No your other left". He's turning clockwise but saying counter-clockwise and visa versa in the beginning...and those parts will stay on much easier if he turned the tool over.
He said from the bottom up. He is turning the exact way he said. At the beginning he turns clockwise to take the head off. Then when he is tightening it at the end he is turning counter clockwise. At the end the only time he turns clockwise is less than 1/2 a turn to loosen and line the blade up and then he continues to tighten counter clockwise.
The big silver looking cup on the bottom of the blade prevents you from cutting brush close to the ground and will hang you up. Very frustrating!! Echo brand is a lot better for cutting brush close to the ground...Your better off using the Stihl as a weed eater and Echo for saw blades if you need to use saw blades
If that "little Adaptor blade" does not fall out when you take the head off, you will have to buy one, I did and it was $27.00 dollars (local) . P.S. you will have a hard time finding it on the internet.
