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Shaft-Flex 50"

Part Number: 530095803

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Product Information

Manufacturer: Weed Eater

Product Number: 530095803

Classification: Part

Weight: 0.31 lbs.

Shipping: Ships Worldwide

Description:

This flexible drive shaft fits inside the drive shaft housing assembly to drive the cutting head. It is a genuine manufacturer approved replacement item that is specially designed for Weed Eater string trimmers. Eventually, the rounded ends will fail to engage the trimmer head. It is also possible to kink or even break the drive shaft cable by stopping the trimmer head very rapidly. It is made from high quality metal and it is sold individually.

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Compatibility

This part is compatible with the following machines:

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Products Compatibility

This item works with the following types of products:

• Trimmer

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10 of 13 people found this instruction helpful

Tool Type:

Trimmer

Parts Used:

Shaft-Flex 50" - 530095803

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

15-30 minutes

Tools Used:

Nutdriver, Hex bit

Broken flex shaft

Pulled the throttle handle apart, separated engine from shaft, removed broken shaft, fished 2nd piece of broken shaft out. Slid in new shaft, reassembled.

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5 of 6 people found this instruction helpful

Tool Type:

Trimmer

Parts Used:

Shaft-Flex 50" - 530095803

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

1-2 hours

Tools Used:

Pliers, Adjustable Wrench, torx drivers

Flex shaft cable broke

Disassembled the drive assembly from the power head
Removed broken drive cable from housing
Removed plastic inner cable guide from housing
Unscrewed dust cover from threaded mounting assembly with difficulty damaging the threads.Reinstalled mounting assembly, would not go all the way into the bushing
had to remove the rivet that holds the guard mounting bracket to the shaft
installed all components in the shaft, welded guard bracket to shaft housing
reassembled unit. Had to repair threads to be able to install the string head
replacement drive cable worked perfectly and was a direct replacement

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4 of 6 people found this instruction helpful

Tool Type:

Trimmer

Parts Used:

Shaft-Flex 50" - 530095803

Repair Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent Repairing:

15-30 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Pliers, Allen wrench

Drive cable broke

Removed shaft and pulled drive cable out replaced cable and shaft.

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3 of 5 people found this instruction helpful

Tool Type:

Trimmer

Parts Used:

Shaft-Flex 50" - 530095803

Repair Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent Repairing:

15-30 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver

Broken weed eater drive shaft

Removed drive head, pulled drive cable out, installed new cable, reinstalled drive head.

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5 of 9 people found this instruction helpful

Tool Type:

Trimmer

Parts Used:

Shaft-Flex 50" - 530095803

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

15-30 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Pliers, Torx 25

Flex shaft cable broke

1.Remove trimmer head
2.Remove flex cable end
3.Remove shaft from motor housing.
4.Pull cable end from shaft with needle nose pliers
5.Greased new cable, replaced cable into shaft
6.Replaced shaft end at motor housing
7.Replaced flex cable end
8.Replaced trimmer head

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Tool Type:

Trimmer

Parts Used:

Shaft-Flex 50" - 530095803

Repair Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent Repairing:

15-30 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Pliers

Weed eater shaft broke

Remove broken shaft and installed new one that fit great

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Tool Type:

Trimmer

Parts Used:

Shaft-Flex 50" - 530095803

Repair Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent Repairing:

15-30 minutes

Tools Used:

Socket set, Adjustable Wrench, torx bits

flex shaft broke

Removed old flex shaft from housing
Installed new flex shaft into housing
Filled up gas
Started and weedwacked yard

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Working well

Arrived on time, good packaging. Haven’t put it to work but it installed easily runs well when not under load. I’m happy with my purchase.

Richard - July 11, 2021 Verified Purchase

It was exactly the item I Was looking for. Thanks to eReplacement

My trimmer works very well with the replacement part you sent.

Fernando - October 31, 2019 Verified Purchase

Nice part

The 51 inch cable was discontinued so I took a chance and ordered a 50 inch and cut the housing down a inch. Worked out just fine weed eater preforms as it should. It's nice when things work out as they should!

Guest - August 5, 2019 Verified Purchase

Weed Eater flex shaft

This item arrived in nice packaging and fit my application perfectly. It also arrived in a timely manner...

James - July 8, 2019 Verified Purchase

Weedwacker part

Reasonable price,quick response,shipping arrived earlier than expected..Part fit perfectly..

Guest - June 18, 2019 Verified Purchase

Replacement flex shaft for FL25 weedeater

Received undamaged, protected with oil and fits perfectly in my weedeater FL25.

kalfred - June 7, 2019 Verified Purchase

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Product Information

Manufacturer: Weed Eater

Product Number: 530095803

Classification: Part

Weight: 0.31 lbs.

Shipping: Ships Worldwide