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It should be noted that some trimmer heads turn clockwise and other counterclockwise. This makes a difference when installing the head. I learned this the hard way.
Installed the Echo 450 head on my Stihl FS 55 R and it works like a dream. Glad I watched your video but I could not use the spacer as mentioned. Thanks! Gave my old Echo to my Brother in law and have wanted to throw this Stihl in the trash ever since I purchased it. Name it trimmer rescue.........😁
Most owners don't know this, but there is a grease bolt on the side that should be undone each season and filled with gearbox grease. That head is spinning at hundreds/thousands of RPM's..treat your gearbox nice!! Give it some grease.
After several hours of confusion I watched several videos. Yours was by far the very best! Thanks so much for reliving my stressful day! Ps I did not use the spacer. Would not work with the space and it works great!
* make sure the green nut is driven ALL THE WAY IN, it goes past the flush from the back and will not link up to the bolt if not driven the 3/16 past the flush...
Thank you for making this video. Instruction for this suck, as I was. Trying to install it on my FS56 today and gave up. Figured I would fine someone on RU-vid had done this before.
It would have been nice to see how you got the old one off as I had to watch a different video to get that info. The speed feed I got was a little different than the one in your video, but your video was a big help. Thank you
Thank you so much the first time I purchased one of these and I thought I had to load it like the others try to load it and it wouldn’t work so I log onto RU-vid seeing your video it was so much helpful step-by-step I really appreciate it thank you so much 😊
I personally only use speed feed heads on echo trimmers, when it comes to other brands I just use the heads that they come with, I’m not really one of those people who are totally crazy over the speed feed heads
Great Video! I have an Echo Spilt Boom Weed Eater that needed a need new Trimmer Head, my local John Deere dealer recommend the Speed Feed Trimmer head. It's an Easy install when using instructions. Very Easy New string install. I would definetely recommend this string head.
Nice video and cool to see the hunker down sweat shirt. I just switched to the stihl speed line head and it's a nice thing. Though not sure about it's durability. A lot of my trail maintenance is grubbing, and grubbing is hard on trimmer heads.
I’d twist the top plate. It’s got grooves in it for grip. With lengthy string and turning the bottom, they twist up. Also, that bottom plate wears out prematurely throughout constant use. I’ve ran these and the auto-cut on my fs131R and I’m going back to traditional. I’d recommend this one over the auto cut if a rapid feed design is a must have. Too many cons to the auto cut.
@@RunBikeMike I'm not sure how you put that spool on with that black plastic piece mine wouldn't even thread on with all the same parts and mine is a Stihl FS 56rc
@@RunBikeMike yes I did it with the black spacer but still same results,I noticed yours has a bigger metal spacer than mine, I'm thinking my Stihl is missing that bigger metal spacer
@@Mr1lilrob are you referring to this plate? amzn.to/3bMKruj Also checkout my other channel I made a video on this and it has a little better close ups. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NfEjXVwSB3I.html
@@RunBikeMike yes , exactly,mine has a smaller one ,I don't know if there are two types of mine is just missing the larger one,thank you,I will order and see if it works,thanks for your videos,I subscribed and learning Alot from you
@@RunBikeMike I figured out how to make it work. Took the bushing out of the Stihl head that came with the trimmer and put it into the speed feed, worked like a charm. None of the ones that came with it worked on mine. I have the fs131 with the handles.
