Starter Spring

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. 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.

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 !!

wound the starter pulley all the way up and secure

took apart replaced spring put back together

1. Removed cover and removed old pulley and spring and starter rope..
2. Attached new rope to new pulley..
3. Placed new pulley and spring into housing and secured retaining plates.
4. Pulled rope through cover hole and attached handle.
5. Wound spring with rope in pulley slot, released kinks in rope every two turns.
6. Wound about 11 or 12 turns, tested return of handle and made sure pulley would take up all the starter rope without jamming.
7. Reassembled trimmer.

Don't get in a hurry and if you can't remember where things go take pictures before and during disassembly.