This is a genuine Craftsman replacement part that is sourced from the original manufacturer to be used with trimmers. The plastic reel is part of the cutting head assembly and is used to store the trimming line. This item is available as an individual replacement part, please see illustrated diagram for associative parts.
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Easy, fast repair
The part arrived quickly and was very easy to repair with the tutorial video attached to the part. Had the weed wacker fixed in 5 minutes.
Guest - May 16, 2019
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Easy repair
Correct part received in a timely fashion. Works great.
Guest - July 18, 2019
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Worked Great ...
Great Service & Prompt Shipping =ƒÿâ
Guest - August 6, 2019
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Fast, complete. Great website. Easy to find exactly what I needed.
High quality. Exactly right.
Guest - June 9, 2020
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Fast service, Accurate part. Perfect fit. Easy assembly.
The part was in great condition and was easily assembled. My trimmer works like new.
Guest - June 14, 2020
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Perfect fit
easy installation and installation
James - October 15, 2020
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Great products, service and quality
Perfect
Guest - August 2, 2021
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Took very little time to change parts.
The parts were exact fit and very easy to install.
Guest - September 28, 2021
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I found my parts on their web sight, ordered what I needed to repair weed eater, when parts came I was short my inner spool due to an error in the catalog showing that the inner and outer spool came together. I called and showed them the catalog page , they shipped me part overnight and corrected their page. They are very helpful and very nice folks and I will order whatever parts I need from them again.
The parts were exactly what I needed in factory packing.
Guest - May 17, 2022
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Knowledge people
Head to weed eater
Guest - April 29, 2019
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1. Take the knob, string reel and spring off of the trimmer.
2. Keep the spring if you didn\'t purchase a replacement.
3. Remove the star retaining washer by cutting or prying it off the shaft.
4. Remove the outer housing and clean the shaft then install the new housing and push on the net retaining washer. A deep 1/2\"
... Read moreor 9/16 socket works well for pushing the washer into place.
5. Reload spool and reassemble with the spring, spool and knob. Now get to work.
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The trimmer head started smoking on my troy-bilt trimmer
I was weeding some weeds in small rocks and dirt and the head on the Troy-Bilt did not like that. It melted and after finding the parts, I only had to replace the outer spool assembly because it was melted beyond belief. The biggest trouble was finding out where the parts actually went because the diagrams are great for the motor and uppe
... Read morer parts but not below the shaft. It took longer cleaning the melted mess than replacing the parts after figuring out the location of each part. The new part included a washer, but who knew that the washer was to be press fit into the bumper to hold the bolt in it? Little things like that are what take the time. It worked great for the first couple of hours. Then it smoked again. This time I replaced the head with a metal one off of a Craftsman trimmer. It fit perfectly and I have not had a problem since then. At first I thought that the first time was a fluke, but after spending the money for shipping the first time, I looked closer at the problem and decided to beef up the head. Too bad they don\'t make a metal replacement outer spool assembly. That would have fixed it as well. Everything that I have ever purchased from ereplacementparts has worked perfectly including this assembly. The type of head should only be used in mild areas though.
Remove the bump head knob, then the inner reel and spring. Remove the washer and the broken outer spool. Install the out spool on first then press the washer into place. Install the spring and inner spool, letting some cutting line out of the eyelets, Then attach the
bump head knob
Removed the retaining washer, then the old outer spool. Put the new outer spool on and slid the retaining washer down the shaft. Used a deep well socket the was a bit smaller than the retaining washer, and tapped it down snug. Good to go.
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Item is not in stock and usually ships 10-15 business days from the time you place your order.
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