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You're a genius! My situation had a "U" followed by a little straight piece of spring instead of a loop at the end of the spring. I was able to use 2 nails (based on your inspiration) to do exactly the same thing. For those with similar springs to mine, that extra piece of end spring didn't want to go down in, but the "U" was seated and I was able to use a broad bolt for a punch to drive the little extension down. First time. Thanks so much!
Hi everyone. After struggling with this for hours, and killing my fingers in the process, like many have here. There is in fact a much easier method that I have discovered that only takes about 10 minutes without any tools, that will also give your fingers a much needed break (pun intended), while you are winding the recoil spring. Like I have said. You don't even need any tools to do this. But you might need a pair of thin rubber gloves, like the ones you use to wash dishes, or something similar. If you look carefully, there are about 5 or 6 tiny slots (the width of the recoil spring), cut all around in the wall of the housing where the recoil spring sits. I hope your starter assembly has these slots. If you don't have these slots, then you cannot use this method. My mower has these slots. My mower is a 20 year old Sanli Beetle, with a Briggs & Stratton 4 stroke engine. These slots will help you wind the recoil spring back into its housing, and help you temporarily rest it there while you are winding the spring in its place. I have discovered that maybe the manufacturer put these slots in for this reason. What else are these slots for? The following are the steps needed to do this. Step 1. Place the outer tab end (not the hook end), of the recoil spring into its special slot (not the slots - which I talked about above, in the wall of the recoil housing). But there is a special (different slot), where this tab end goes. If you look carefully, it's there. You will see it. Step 2. With thin rubber gloves on (so you don't kill your fingers), you start winding the recoil spring into where it sits when it is fully wound. You use the slots along the wall of the recoil housing to place the recoil spring into temporarily as you are winding the recoil spring in its housing. The recoil spring rests temporarily in these slots as you wrap your fingers around the spring and recoil housing. Turning and sitting the recoil spring into the recoil housing a bit at a time. As you are doing this, you can rest your fingers/hands, while the recoil spring is temporarily being held by one of these slots. So that you don't get too tired. You keep on repeating this step, until you reach the end of the recoil spring, and all of the recoil spring is wound up, sitting in its housing. Step 3. Put the rest of the starter assembly together, carefully not to dislodge the recoil spring out of its housing. The information is long, but is needed to convey the method of winding the recoil spring back into its housing. The key is that the slots around the wall of the recoil spring housing, helps you temporarily hold the recoil spring, while you wind it into its housing. That's all there is to it. It's easy once you understand it. Hope this helps.
After trying for ages to get my new spring back in I started looking for other ideas. This way worked perfect for me in under 5 mins. Thank you greatly for sharing your wisdom.
Ok I can honestly say you saved my family's life. the spring came out while repairing my chainsaw recoil. I had been trying to manually recoil into the housing with "little" success and becoming increasingly frustrated!!!!. found your video and was successful on second attempt. Thank you
Oh I've been there. 3.5 hours is actually pretty quick from my experience. And one more tip to add to his video, WEAR YOUR SAFETY GLASSES. That spring is a beast.
Two "Tips" - cut the head off the nail & bin the cable tie. Much easier without both. Do exactly as you did here, but hold the end of the spring with yer fingers - easily enough held, you only need hold it for a couple of seconds & it makes slipping the spring into its end-holder waay easier & less fecky. With them 2 small changes, replacing any spring becomes a doddle even if the housing is an odd shape. :-)
Great video, I will try it tomorrow. I have to change the pull cord on my chainsaw, and of course I let the spring pop out, so this looks like it will be a great help to get it back in
Lost a few hours with trying to fix the spring. Then I decide to search RU-vid. With this 12years old trick I was able to fix it in a few minutes. Thanks man 👍🏻
