Lawn mower pull cord repair

This video may also apply for engines up to 5hp. Visit my channel for more. After you remove the rewind unit, flip it over and look inside to find the knotted end of the broken rope.

Grab it with a needle-nose pliers and pull it out. The simple answer is to take the starter recoil off the lawnmower and inspect the spring, as of the time the spring has broken or has a problem with the spring rewind mechanism.

Test the pull cord assembly after repair after fixing each part, and before you reinstall it on the mower. In that case, you might need to remove the pulley from the assembly. The problem could be a damaged spring. Replace a pull string on a push mower with help from the star of the. How do I replace the pull cord on my lawn mower?

How to replace starter cord on lawn mower? Why does my lawn mower not pull? If it is coming off a reel, let the spring go slack, pull about foot out, Cut the rope then feed it through the handle.

Measure the length between the motor housing and the mower handle. Double that number to achieve the length for the new pull cord. Common Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine starter pull rope repair. Donations are greatly appreciated and help me make vids, just. Getting on in years and my finger grip strength is no where near where it needs to be pulling the cord with the stock mower pull.

The longer handle width of this item allows me to grip it with fingers for the pull. When the lawn mower’s pull cord is broken or damaged. Park the mower on a flat and level surface. Put on gloves to protect your hands while working.

Locate the spark plug. Use a screwdriver to remove the. Unscrew the screws that hold the starter cord housing in place with a screwdriver. Loosen the bolts with a socket wrench that hold the wheel where the cord is wrapped. Often times the spring is sprung from the starter seizing up.

They're not too difficult to recoil. Pull the wheel off the.

Bend the tabs up so the coil can be removed from the housing. Test the recoil action by pulling the starter handle out once or twice. Remove dust and debris from inside the engine pulley with a few blasts of compressed air. Replace the recoil starter and insert and tighten the bolts.

In this instructable I will show you how to repair a lawn mower engine, and how to finally kill those gremlins which have been lurching in its bowels. Although it might seem like a big. Of course there is now way I can tell you every single problem that could happen to your engine, so I will tell you the major parts of the engine, and how to repair them. I am not a trained mechanic. Attach the rope to the starter handle.

While holding the rope, remove the screwdriver from the holes in the pulley and housing, and let the rope slowly rewind. Untie the knot in the old rope and pull it out of the pulley. Feed the rope through the hole in the handle and secure it with another knot.

Wind the pulley clockwise through six turns, and line up the hole in the pulley with the one in the housing. Insert a screwdriver.