I've had more trouble free use out of the head that uses 3 - 6 inch strands of chord that you push through the head. They cut good with new chord but not so good when the chord gets down to 3 inches. Then its time to change the chord. Everything has its pros and cons. The tap and go head goes on so much easier and you have new rope at the tap of the head unless the chord gets hung up inside. The 3-6 strand head requires a 3/4'' socket and holding a triangle washer in its place while you thread the nut on and tighten it. The tap and go head will run completely out of chord when you need it to the least and you won't have time to go and get more because you only had an hour to weed eat to start with. You won't have more on the shelf because your like, " No way! I've used all that weed eater chord already? That should have lasted 2 seasons or 3.😵😵 With the 3-6 strand head I know how much chord I have because I cut 3 - 6 inch strands every time I use it. All I've ever done to mine is put string on it and run it. And it got to where it was running in a bind and noisy. Come to find out my head was loose and wobbly even with the bolt very tight. It needed a backing washer to stabalixe it. The pole was loose at the motor causing the clutch to stay ingauged full time. There are 4 bolts there screwed into plastic that were loose. I completely lubed it and put everything back tight like it should be but didn't get to the throttle cable lubing. Its become a bit stiff and need lube. It is running much freer and less constricted. Its and old Husky 225R Brush Getter. With the right blade it will take down small trees up to 2 inch. Thanks for the video my friend! 😃😃
Hi brotha! Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. I learned more new tips just from reading your comment. I will pin it up make sure other viewers can see it as well. Thanks again Blade! Take care!
Thank you for this - it was exactly what I needed to change the head on my Husky trimmer. I have done this about 6 times and I always forget to turn it the opposite way. Thumbs up!
I’ve been putting off replacing the head on my weedeater because I thought it was a pain to do. Now I see that it’s super simple to do. Lol thanks for the video
I just replaced this head a year ago to this style, mine used to have the nut that held everything on and and forgot how I did it, my locking hole was it a different spot but same concept, thanks a lot!!
Thanks for the video. Just got a new huski and I cant stand self feeding heads. Changing to a open face like my shindaiwa had. Have a good day. Stay safe.
@@PistonShack thankyou for responding. I was wondering why I couldn't get it to come off. I always thought that it was righty tighty, lefty loosey. This whole time I was tightening it but I finally got it off. Thankyou so much. Regards from Ft Bragg.
next time, perhaps you could actually show the area to apply grease and more importantly, the washer that sits between the head and the actual trimmer housing during assembly instead of showing it already on and greased.
It costs a little more to have a pre-spooled line, but when you're in the middle of a trimming job ru-vid.comUgkx429xwEjNPnwzQohFrURRyKF51YfOD_Du , it is so nice to just pop out the old one and pop in a new one. Love Black & Decker tools. Especially the 20-volt battery operated ones. And, as usual, it came on time. Thanks Amazon!
Here on a vid that was made 5 years ago that I'm watching today as I need help to say: Yeah, folks, don't be like me and forget to put that disc back on before you install the new head.
@@ScrubzOnNugz There is another vid on RU-vid that explains the method my local dealer used. Just search for it and show your local dealer person. I got very very lucky that he was able to fix it.
I'm sure you didnt put that metal shield or what's it called between the gear head, and the trimmer head. It will be a pain to get it off, if it's too tight.
