Speed-Feed 400 Universal Trimmer Head

The U-Turn on my older SRM trimmer made me DREAD weadeating after mowing. Today I installed this Speed-Feed 400. The instructions were not great. I consider myself fairly handy, and tech-savy, and I still referred to google and youtube to get the head installed. Once I figured it out, it took about 2 minutes to get going. I tested it immediately, and to my surprise, I trimmed my entire yard (it's quite large) in one swift motion. I had ZERO issues with the bump feed, and really it seemed to feed itself about 90% of the time. My previous U-Turn would always make me stop once or twice to figure out why it was not feeding. This made a huge difference in the job, and my sanity being saved was well worth the $30 investment.

Installed this head last season. I have a 4 stroke Honda trimmer. It's working well. Easy to install, like 10 minutes. Easy to reload. Can't really find any faults in the design, cost, installation process. I'm recommending it to a neighbor with a Stihl trimmer.

First one I purchased the screws striped so took it back and after ten minutes of working the attachment screw bent causing a vibration. I was unable to use it and had to return it again. Other reviews liked the product but I must’ve got two lemons.

This is obviously not made for the bolens 110, though the box stated it world. The head mating screw was 5/16"x18 and the only right hand adapter in the kit was 8mmx1.25mm. Luckily it was close enough to re-tap. Time will tell if this will hold, it was cheaper than OEM parts and it was half the price of a new weed eater. Still had to cobble it together.

ECHO Speed-Feed 400 Curved Shaft Trimmer Head exceeded my expectations! Gets 5 stars! It has saved me so much time & energy I cannot believe it is not the standard head for this model. I now spend my time weed eating, not pulling the head apart to fix! Highly recommend for ease of use, function, great performance & price.

Works better than the original. Easy to install. Remove the old trimmer head from the milwaukee trimmer by inserting a small screw driver/ allenwrench into the hole on gearbox apply light pressure and spin trimmer head until it stops. Then rotate the trimmer head counter clockwise (looking from top of trimmer). Use the black plastic spacer that is provided with the Echo Speed Feed 400 kit. Then install the new trimmer head. The new trimmer head already has fhe correct nut installed.

The Echo Speed Feed 400 head is a much better replacement head in my opinion in place of the factory trimmer head for the Dewalt 40 volt string trimmer. Takes the feeding and loading trimmer line frustration out of this trimmer. Just remove the factory aluminum trimmer head adapter (see pic) and install the correct Speed Feed 400 female adapter in the Speed Feed 400 trimmer head and tighten in a counter clockwise manner until hand tight. Took me 10 minutes. Makes using the Dewalt 40 volt string trimmer much less frustrating with string trimmer loading and feeding issues than the factory trimmer head. The factory trimmer head wasn't too terribly bad on feeding issues, but if you were not very careful about rewinding the line carefully and efficiently the line would like weld to itself or stick together and then break off inside the trimmer spool, which required removing the trimmer head spool and sometimes reloading the trimmer line. ......VERY FRUSTRATING......Loading trimmer line is so much easier with the Echo Speed Feed 400 and so far after using the Speed Feed head for a few months I have had zero issues. Loading 16 feet of .095 line is a breeze. The factory head was only recommended for .080 line but this head accepts .095 which is definitely a plus. I found that if I would Load the line about 3 to 4 feet below max capacity the line feeds without any issues. Example......if it takes 20 feet max capacity of .095 then load 16 or 17 feet. Pic 1 The factory aluminum adapter that must be removed to expose the factory male left hand threaded shaft. Pic 2 lots of reviews say the Dewalt 40 volt string trimmer won't accept aftermarket heads. The proof that it will is in the pics.

If you are looking for a replacement head for the Echo 99944200540 PAS curved trimmer attachment look no further. The wonderful 99944200540 comes with the inferior "rapid loader" head which is a pain, requiring regular stops and reloads for even a moderately sized job. This replacement head gives you the best possible solution - bump line feed, easy loading, big capacity, and the nice compact size of the 99944200540 curved PAS attachment. Just unscrew the old head, disassemble the new head, and drop in the included white plastic insert that already houses the proper thread. Easy-peasy!

I recently purchased the Echo Speed Feed 400 for a commercial trimmer that it did not fit and I just thought I wonder if this fits on my Toro commercial string trimmer with the Expand It straight shaft trimmer attatchment that I purchased from HD.......and it does. I then tried it on my Ryobi 40 volt trimmer with the Expand It Attatchment and it fit also. So far it seems to be a nice upgrade over the factory installed trimmer head. There are some questions about the product where the answer says it won't fit the Expand It straight trimmer attachment so I have included a few pics to verify the fact that it does. It loads and feeds the trimmer line very smoothly and as far as the reviews that say it doesn't last and it wears out fast .......I guess only time will tell. If that be the case I will post an update. I am honestly posting now for those who want to purchase the Echo Speed Feed 400 for the Toro or Ryobi and I can only guess but it is almost a 100 percent positive guess that it will also fit the Homelite Expand It straight trimmer attatchment also since all are made by Techtronic Industries To get the Echo Speed Feed 400 to fit on the straight shaft Expand It Trimmer attatchment. You will need to remove the factory installed adapter bushing (see pic) using two16 mm wrenches or a wrench on the bottom hex and a socket.on the top adapter. They are left hand threads so loosening is turning the adapter in a clockwise manner. Clockwise and counter clockwise are determined as you are facing the bolt or adapter bushing looking at it from the top. After removal of the factory adapter ( see pic) you will see the threaded shaft that the Speed Feed 400 adapter bushing must thread on to. You will need to remove the installed adapter pressed into the Speed Feed 400 trimmer head since that is not the correct one for the Expand it attatchment. You will have to disassemble the Speed Feed 400 head to remove the factory installed threaded adapter. No worry it presses out with just fingertip pressure but it comes factory pre installed to fit Echo Shindaiwa products and not Expand It attatchment trimmers. Take pics of the Speed Feed 400 on your phone or some type of photographi device or video as you disassemble it to help with reassembly if need to. It will be easier to reassemble the trimmer head without the trimmer line installed plus it will give you an idea as to how it works also. Also the trimmer spool can be installed backwards if disassembled and the reassembled incorrectly. It comes pre installed for straight shaft left hand rotation trimmers but it can also be reversed for curved shaft right hand rotation trimmers as well so make sure the L is facing out. A piece of tape or mark on the trimmer line spool on the side facing out or the ground side as you are trimming with it will help with the correct orientation as you reassemble it. As long as you see the L however meaning for left hand rotation straight shaft trimmers you have installed it correctly. If you see the R then you should be installing the Speed Feed 400 on a right hand rotation curved shaft trimmer. Find the adapter bushing in the Speed Feed 400 kit that fits the Expand It attatchment threads and press this one in place of the factory installed adapter bushing installed in the same way as the one you removed. Reassemble the Speed Feed 400 without trimmer line after installing the correct adapter bushing and thread it onto the Expand it shaft. it threads and tightens in a counter clockwise rotation. Remember they are left hand threads and loosening and tightening are opposite the more popular right hand threads. Now you will also see how easy it is to load the trimmer line and as you use your new Echo Speed Feed 400 trimmer head on your Ryobi Toro Homelite Expand it straight shaft trimmer hopefully your experience will be a pleasant one also.

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