First I would like to thank Mark and all his useful videos, without which I would have never been able to do this. His videos provided clear procedures that were easy to follow, and he puts on a better, more professional video with each new one he produces.
There are differences between the BC30 that I have and the SS30 in the vide
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1. The clutch drum takes a T20 Torx head driver, not a T25 used in the video, but the rest of the fasteners are T25.
2. The starter spring goes face down against the plastic ribs with the metal cover covering it, so the spring is not visible other than its center tab showing through the hole in the cover plate. The part is shown this way in the parts lists, too. Then you can set the 6-7 turn preload in a clockwise (vice a clockwise) fashion, attach your starter cord, and the cord will retract properly (counter clockwise). For this part it\'s a definitely good to have a helper when tying the cord, I\'m just not good at one handed tying like Mark.
3. Mine uses the two clutch plates, too. Put the first one on in a reverse shape like Mark does, and the second in a normal. This way the two clutch plate surfaces with the small dimple will be facing each other. The dimples don\'t have to exactly face each other, just the surfaces, so even if the dimples are 180 off it\'s still ok.
4. I use mine as a pole saw and have several other Expand-it attachments, so make sure the clutch drum engages properly with the drive pin inside the pole and doesn\'t get positioned off center.
5. If your trimmer won\'t start, try reversing the electrical leads to the cutoff switch, they are not marked. The right way it will start (eventually), the wrong way it will never start.
Also replaced the fuel tank the lines were cracking and sucking air, making priming impossible. The tank comes with the lines pre attached and Mark has a useful video on this, too. Also cleaned the carburetor with carburetor cleaner and cleaned the sponge style air filter. Now it runs and drives the saw again!
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the plastic \"Easy Start Assy\" became warped and was binding and wouldn\'t retract. I replaced the spring also because I had it apart for repair and it didn\'t cost much.
1. Move the rope to the new starter and wound it onto the spool.
2. Inserted the assembly onto the standoff and made sure the spring was engaged.
3. Rotated the assembly (1) revolution before threading the rope thru the hole to preload the spring assy.
4. Attached the pull handle and reassembled the end housing.
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General maintenance
melody from Lockwood, California
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Difficulty Level:
A Bit Difficult
Total Repair Time:
1- 2 hours
Tools:
Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers, Socket set, Wrench (Adjustable), Wrench set
Make sure you have;
spline screwdrivers
13/16 socket
Drill two holes in the fan so you can hold it in place while taking off the shaft nut
Clean all parts before assembly
Follow arrow as to the direction to wind the new rope
1. Separated the trimmer shaft to make handling unit easier then Disassembled the case from the outside of the engine.
2. Removed spark plug and interred end of plastic tie wrap to bind cylinder while loosening clutch assembly fro front of engine.
3. Removed starter housing and removed spring retainer
4. Cut pull h
... Read moreandle from old string and saved for reuse.
5. Removed old spring and starter pulley.
6. Assembled new spring and new starter pulley and wound starter rope.
7. Places new assembly into starter housing ensuring spring notch was positioned in the grove, turned assembly and spring to apply 3 turns of tension on spring, feed starter rope thru hole and applied small vise grip on outside of rope to hold Spring tension.
8. Reinstalled spring retainer, pulled starter rope to fully wind spring to its max and moved the vise grip to a position on the rope closest to the starter housing to hole spring tension while knitting the pull handle in place.
9. Removed the vise grip and ensured the starter rope retracted into the housing correctly.
10. Installed starter housing, clutch assembly, spark plug, engine cover and reassembled the trimmer head to shaft.
Removed starter rope pulley, spring container and spring. Installed new container and spring and replaced pulley, tensioned spring, replaced starter rope, installed baffle over pulley, and re-assembled trimmer. Starter recoil now works great!
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Weed trimmer recoil spring came out of it\'s holder when I took it apart. The rope wasn\'t retracting right was the reason I took it apart in the first place.
I tried to put the rope recoil spring back into it\'s holder and found out it\'s almost impossible. The cost for a new one was cheep and while I had it apart, I replaced the rope and the rope holder as they were cheep. Good to go now.
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Starter Pull Cord Spring Broke; Cord would not recoil.
Remove screws to separate the motor from the pull starter cord housing. Remove cord reel & let dangle loose. Remove Screws holding spring & container in place. Remove broken spring & container, notice where spring bump out is located on old spring to assure alignment of new spring & retaining ring. Handle new spring/container carefully
... Read more so as to not release spring. Install new spring & container being sure to align spring bump out properly in housing. Re-install spring retainer ring. Rewind pull cord on reel & re-install. Carefully mate motor to pull cord housing & install screws. PS Thanks for the excellent service...part arrived in just a few days...didn\'t miss a weekend using the trimmer!!
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ERP Number: ERP16389744
Manufacturer Part Number: 638033001
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