Sproinnggg!

[whitenoize]

It began innocently enough my starter rope broke on my 1971 4hp johnson.I backed out the center retaining bolt and watched the recoil spring explode from its casing.Good news: I have the rope secured in the pulley.Bad News: I havent a clue as to how im going to rewind 4 1/2 feet of spring and re-assemble the starter.Does anybody have a parts blow up/Break down for the starter assy?

 

[Xcusme]

Re: Sproinnggg!

"You'll put your eye out kid!"<br /><br />Luckly you suffered no damage. All kidding aside, recoil starter springs can be dangerous to say the least. I'll not bore you with the 'Get a manual' drill, but it would come in handy, right about now.<br /><br />Finding the parts blowup is the easy part. The procedure to rewind the spring is what you need. I'll see if I can retype the steps shortly, unless someone else has them already set to go, for ya.

 

[Solittle]

Re: Sproinnggg!

Xcusme - I'll do it for ya - - Get the OMC shop manual!!

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: Sproinnggg!

Assemble the starter and have the spring end locked onto the pulley pin, leaving the length of the spring guided thru the slot, being outside of the starter.<br /><br />Now, jam the plastic gear up into the flywheel teeth somehow so that it really stays there.<br /><br />With the spark plugs out, turn the flywheel which will turn the plastic gear which will in turn withdraw the spring into the starter housing where it belongs.

 

[itstippy]

Re: Sproinnggg!

Neat trick Joe. My fingers still hurt from fighting with the starter spring on my 4hp and that was four years ago.

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: Sproinnggg!

You can check out what the starter's supposed to look like at http://www.evinrude.com/en-US/Accessories/Engine.Diagrams.htm <br />That particular starter is a real pain in the neck. I'll use Joe's trick next time too.

 

[whitenoize]

Re: Sproinnggg!

Thanks for the replies I cant wait to try that out Joe.Ill use a good long handled prybar to engage the drive gear.Rewinding that by hand does not look like fun.It may be usefull to have a second pair of eyes/hands too i imagine.

 

[whitenoize]

Re: Sproinnggg!

Thanks for the tip Joe that was a snap!I am actually going to do it a second time because as i was handling the spring steel and recoil assembly i wiped off most of the grease so its a little dry in there.