This manufacturer approved recoil starter pulley is designed for lawn and garden equipment engines. The recoil starter engages the drive cup on the flywheel to start the engine when pulled. This assembly includes: Plastic Pulley and a Metal Recoil Spring.
Cannot pull starter cord out or engine will not turn over
This part works with the following brands:
Briggs and Stratton
Toro
Cub Cadet
Lawn Boy
Craftsman
Simplicity
Poulan
This part works with the following products:
Engine
Lawn Mower
Snow Blower
Pressure Washer
Generator
Chipper Shredder
Tiller
Leaf Blower / Vacuum
Dethatcher
Part# 498144 replaces these:
263074, 281504, 498144, 557056,
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J - June 17, 2019
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Pulley Spring Assembly
Original part from Briggs and Straton. $10.00 cheaper than my local store.
Keith - October 25, 2019
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Everything Worked Out Swimmingly!
I have to say, from watching the videos to diagnose my repair job, to finding the right part/assembly to replace, then watching the installation video, this was a tremendously seamless operation. I am really impressed with the way things are set up by this organization, and will be back should something else fail on my equipment! Thank you for putting this all together to help us DIYers get ti done!
Guest - April 18, 2020
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Part was exact replacement
Worked as intended!
Mike - July 8, 2020
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Broken Pulley Spring
It was easy to find the right part and it fit. Our chopper is back working.
Guest - September 21, 2020
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Easy Fix
Housing broke that holds the pawls that engage to turn over the engine when pulling the starter rope. Removed the old one and this part was an exact fit. Total time to replace about 8 minutes.
Frederick - February 19, 2021
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easy fix
Got the right part from an easily navigated website
Guest - November 8, 2021
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The part I needed
The part arrived quickly and was a perfect fit. My power washer is ancient and I could not find the part at another supplier.
Grant - March 1, 2022
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fit just like it was supposed to and works just fine
easy fix and all is good
Guest - August 25, 2021
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Part was correct and arrived in a timely manner
The part fit correctly and was easy to install. Video was helpful.
Guest - May 26, 2020
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The starter rope broke, as well as, I found out when I disassembled the housing, the pulley / spring assembly had also broken. I removed the entire shroud / cover, cleaned the assembly, removed the old pulley assembly and inserted the new one. Feed the starter rope into the pulley and tie off.
Have a screwdriver handy and turn the p
... Read moreulley assembly counter-clockwise until its taught, insert the screwdriver to keep the spring from unwinding and mount the shroud back to the engine. Once that\'s done, remove the screwdriver while keeping tension on the cord.
Reattach the cord to the mower handle.
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Drive system rebuild, total frame and deck rework
Russell from Dickinson, Texas
6 of 6 peoplefound this instruction helpful.
Difficulty Level:
A Bit Difficult
Total Repair Time:
More than 2 hours
Tools:
Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers, Socket set, Wrench (Adjustable), Wrench set
Remove the engine shroud and then remove three bolts holding the gas down. Loosen another bolt left rear & down of the gas tank and you can tilt the gas tank back w/o removing it completely. Then remove another bolt holding the oil fill tube, pull up slightly and turn to the side so that it clears the engine cover. Remove 4 bolts holding
... Read morethe engine cover/pulley spring assembly and lift it up slowly(make sure you recall how it is mounted over some engine flanges). Remove a bolt holding down the Pawl friction plate over the pulley spring assembly and lift up on the assembly carefully as it contains the recoil starter spring. I then discovered that my new pulley spring assembly had the anchoring loop (the one that anchors on the center tab of the engine cover) looping to the right. My original spring looped to the left. I then had to use two needle nose pliers to carefully grab the spring loop and bend it around to the left making a new anchoring loop. This was very time consuming as you have to be careful of the spring not uncoiling. Once you done the new loop, bent the spring loop towards the center of the coiled spring so that it can catch on the center tab of the engine cover. Once you insert the pulley spring assembly, turn it counter clockwise until tight and then turn it back one turn to release some tension. You have to stick a small screwdriver in-between the pulley assembly and one of the slots in the engine cover to keep the spring from uncoiling. You them align the rope hole in the pulley with the rope hole in the engine cover and insert the new rope, grab it with needle nose and pull it, giving you some slack to tie the knot. You can now release the rope slowly (make sure you have the pull rope handle attached to the other end of rope) until the rope winds completely. You now attach cover back onto engine, making sure it fits correcting onto its location. You can now reattach all other parts in reverse of how you took them off. If you have a digital camera or phone, take pictures before or as you unassemble the engine, so you can remember what goes where.
Had to remove old pulley and attached broken spring and replace it with new unit.
The trick was to not let the spring unwind from the pulley.
The hardest part was to place the pulley on the motor and with spring upside down you have to get the end of spring to grab a stationary post.
You also had to be sure the pull rope
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1. Removed the cover on the engine.
2. Removed the housing for the recoil starter.
3. Unbolted the pulley and the starter spring.
4. Installed the pulley and the spring.
5. Rotated the pulley.
6. Used a screwdriver to hold the pulley with the spring compressed.
7. Fed the starter rope through the hous
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8. Tied the knot to secure to the pulley.
9. Held the starter rope and removed the screwdriver.
10. Let the spring wind the starter rope.
11. Replaced the housings and started up the power washer.
Initial problem was snapped rope& pulley spring. Decided to do other maintenance like cleaning carb well, draining & cleans gas container, air filter, general over-all cleaning of motor, replacement of pulley spring assembly.
Started by removing exterior housing, air filter holder, carb float bowl, gas tank and old pulley/spring ass
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Replaced old pulley spring assembly and new rope.
Re-assembled unit, adjusted idle.
Good as new ! No problems.
Had 2 units to repair - similar except one replaced non- Autochoke carb
Doing your own maintenance on simple engines like these are a snap and saves many $s. Just need right tools and be willing to get hands dirty and an easy place to get replacement parts.
Removed engine cover, gas tank and pull starter assembly.
Disassembled pull starter assembly.
Installed new parts in starter assembly and rewound starter rope.
Reinstalled pull starter assembly, gas tank and engine cover.
The job is pretty simple, if you donGÇÖt pop the spring off. Even so itGÇÖs not to hard to rewind the spring if you just turn it upside down and rewind the spring back into its housing. The one problem I had was that I had a housing screw that had striped out and when you pulled on the rope it would not rewind. Once I figured out that the
... Read more loose screw would let the housing pull up and would screw up the dog ears. Once I tapped out the screw so that it would get tighten everything worked fine.
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ERP Number: ERP8988822
Manufacturer Part Number: 498144
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