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9. Recoil starter

9 - 1 Disassembling

The recoil starter presents practically no failure under normal use. When it fails, however, or when refueling,

disassemble and reassemble it according to the following steps of procedure.

Repairing tools to be employed : Screwdrivers and pliers

(1) Remove recoil starter from engine.

(2) Pull out starter knob, hold rotary reel

with your thumb as shown in Figure 9 - 1,

when reel notch gets aligned with starter rope

out let and pull starter rope to inside of recoil

starter with a screwdriver or the like.

Next, while controlling the rotation of reel

with your thumb, wind it back to the direction of

arrow until it stops rotating, by making use of notch.

Fig. 9 - 1

(3) Remove the parts as shown in Fig. 9 - 2.

When reel is removed without proper care, spiral spring may get caught and as a result it may spring

out at once and that is dangerous. Thus, take out spiral spring by gently rotating it alternately clockwise

and counterclockwise so as to prevent spiral; spring from coming off. (If spiral; spring springs off, tighten

it according to the steps of Fig. 6.) Finally, untie starter rope tied to reel side, and the disassembly

is finished.

Set screw

Swing arm

Collar

Reel

Spiral spring

Starter knob

Fig. 9 - 2

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