Starter Spring

1. Removed old spring and casing.
2. Installed new spring and casing.
3. Wound the spring with rope assembly to proper tension.
4. Tested it to insure it would retract properly (this took some doing to get it perfect, actually unwound it one revolution per time to test in order to insure proper tension, too tight and it would not retract properly, too loose and it would not retract at all)
5. Put it all back together and tested tension the final time.

Took the front of the trimmer off and the spring was right there. Removed the clips holding the starter pulley on, took out the pulley and then lifted out the old spring and installed the new one.

The most annoying part of this repair is getting to the spring. After you drain the gas out of it, you flip it over and start removing the Torx screws that hold the covers on it. When you get to the round disc that is bolted to the engine crankshaft, you need to remove the spark plug and stick some rope down the piston cylinder. Now when you turn the disc to remove it, the crank is held in place by the rope you have in the cylinder and it comes off, without goofing up the engine. After that, the spring is accessible. I recommend checking out You-Tube for a view of one of the many videos.

Just keep the screws in a way that you remember which goes where. I scratched in the plastic where the short and long screws went, You may want to right them down, if you care about little scratches in the plastic

1. Disassembled the trimmer.
2. Cleaned the trimmer.
3. Removed the string.
4. Removed the pully.
5. Removed the spring cartridge.
6. Installed the new spring cartridge.
7. Installed the new pulley assembly.
8. Installed the new string.
9. Reassembled the trimmer.

I saw your You Tube video on how to do this repair. Even though it's not the same brand as mine, It gave me great insight on how to replace my spring. This is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2lS44AaR9w I hope this will help some of you that have the same problem.

I took the engine cover off, then removed the starter spring, removed spark plug, replaced, then popped the kill switch in, then replaced the engine cover ( 8 screws.) Overall the job was pretty easy !! Thanks for sending the correct parts !!

R and R the spring

Replaced spring.

removed 3 allen screws from rear cover

removed 4 torx screws from forward side of engine housing releasing engine from shaft.

disconnected throttle cable from carburetor

set motor aside, removed 2 screw from pulley keepers

remove pulley and spring.

place new spring in metal housing, taking care to hold spring in place in its housing place the unit into the recess in engine housing so that the exposed hook on spring goes into its slot in the recess.

oay close attention to how the pull string is attached to the pulley or take a photo of it.
remove the string from the old pulley and attach it to the new one.

place the pulley overtop of the spring so that the hook on the inner part of the coil spring goes into the slot on the pulley.

put the pulley keepers and screw back in

The tricky part is winding the spring so that it will roll up the string a youtube video can show you better than I can explain it.

re-connect the throttle cable and re-install the engine in the reverse order that you disassembled it.

1.Remove carburetor and gas tank together, set aside.
2. Remove engine from hedge trimmer assembly.
3. Take clutch off engine crankshaft with special tool or (what i used) a pair of BIG slip joint pliers and a rag around it so not to damage.
4. Take bottom shround off engine and reveal starter recoil assembly.
5. Pull String all the way out, hold and remove or cut string off recoil and remove.
6. Remove old recoil assembly and spring.
7. Install new recoil spring and turn clockwise to wind and tighten spring, when tight install rope through hope of shroud and recoil assembly and screw down and put back together 👍