StillFishin'
Seaman
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2003
- Messages
- 64
I'm hoping someone can shed some light on an odd problem I'm having and why it has happened.<br /><br />The other day I went to start my 1976 15Hp Rude and the rope didn't retract after several pulls I took off the cowl and saw that the end of the recoil spring had gone into the can. I removed the whole starter mechinism and got the end out again and reinstalled it. After two gentle pulls(did't pull all the rope out), the end of the spring when in again. There is a small loop of the flat metal at the end of the spring and about an inch from the end a gentle doulbe kink in the spring. The spring is definetly not broke as the sping is now out of the can.<br />The odd thing about this is that it also happened about 2 years ago and hasn't happened since. It seems impossible for the end to slip through the slot.<br /> <br />Several things come to mind. One is that the rope is not long enough as on occasion I can tell I've reached the end of the rope. Anyone know how long the rope is suppose to be. I left my manual unnorth so I can't check<br /><br />Another is that the metal is not hardend enough to cause the end loop and double kink to bend. Or maybe the spring should be turned over so teh loop stops at the slot on the other side of the spring.Or maybe the slot in the can is wore.<br /><br />I'm problably going to take the whole thing to a dealer to see what he has to say but I thought I'd see what yout thoughts are. I hate to just put it back together without knowing what is the cause since nothing obvious is broke to me. Thanks for listening.<br /><br />StillFishin'