HOW-TO Tighten A Limp Starter Rope That Won't Retract On A Small Engine - Video

HOW-TO Tighten A Limp Starter Rope That Won't Retract On A Small Engine
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[donyboy]

Watch my video on how to install a recoil starter spring here;

[jonathanbosco]

Awesome job,  It took me twenty minutes in small engine repair class to do the same repair.   Thanks for the video

[billk]

Great tip Don! Little tips like this help in a big way! Thanks.
Bill

[kevinbyrne]

I tried this on my leaf blower and ... it worked!

[felreaverguy]

i am still very confused after taking mine apart and trying to figure out how this works but this worked perfectly for me lmao thanks for this vid

[joemiller]

This guy knows what he’s talking about, I appreciate the tutorial man!!

[Bob-qhhy]

Your descriptive videos have helped me maintain, troubleshoot and repair my snowblower.

[carlmiller]

Excellent tip on correcting this issue. As always, awesome camera work too!

[mcleodhomeservices]

Great tip! Always enjoy your videos! Thank you!!!

[kuhlcee]

Thank you very much! Just saved me from having to buy a recoil starter for my rotor tiller. Bless you!

[Woodie]

My brand new washer had this issue. Fixed in 2 mins. Subscribed ! Thank you

[dougzabierek]

Donny
Awesome video as always keep them coming

[CHRISTYMCGRADY]

America could use a lot more education like this, just saying. Thanks for breaking each component down, it really helped!

[nsikumoh]

Came here from your other video. Thanks so much, Don.

[HAMMERS]

It's like DonyBoy is walking down the same street my pickup truck is on - looking at my snowblower with a limp cord and I should make a video about this... the Man!
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[a-dzikosimbagegele]

thanks for your clear instructions. thanks to you my generator working as good as new!

[grantw.whitwam]

Glad you mention common sense, seems to be a unknown thing with many nowdays.

[devinrobinson]

Nic explanation without getting into the weeds, personally I have had to mitigate this issue to a different tune for older mowers and trimmers, 2 & 4 stroke, doesn’t matter, but it is easy to butterfinger an older and non-captured spring, but same exact principle nonetheless. I always remove those recoil housings like they were a can of snakes just waiting to go full slinky at any moment, lol. That said, yes, you explained exactly the best way to perform this task without ending up with short cord syndrome, or a ball of clock-spring to take a good couple hours to fix…or multiple attempts, especially if on an old greasy cord on an older machine, case and point, my old Mac 10-10 chainsaw, gotta do some maintenance, which includes a de-limping of said cord. Drives me nuts when those things are rattling around all loose and you can hear the sprague clutch dancing around like some wind chimes 😂😂

[BEEFTEEF]

Thanks. Worked great on my hydraulic wood splitter.

[loreenfritts]

I hope that'll help me I'm disabled so keep your fingers crossed also mine is a new assembly should I still wind it