kylemorley
ArboristSite Lurker
So now I am really in a mess. Got up my courage to pull the little clip holding the cord rotor down and the starter spring went "sproing". The long recoil spring the rewinds the starter cord, not the heavy spring in the E2S module, that is.
Can't figure out how to get it back in. There's no recess for it on the cord rotor side, to prevent it from expanding once it has been wound up, and there is a recess in the starter cover but its down in the bottom of the cover, so it is almost impossible get wind the spring in to it since it the spring has to go in at a sharp angle which means it keeps coming undone . Stihl literature is strangely silent on the subject, as are the numerous "Replace the starter cord" videos on YouTube.
There's got to be some simple may - surely Stihl doesn't secretly hate its customers so much. Can anyone tell me what it is?
Can't figure out how to get it back in. There's no recess for it on the cord rotor side, to prevent it from expanding once it has been wound up, and there is a recess in the starter cover but its down in the bottom of the cover, so it is almost impossible get wind the spring in to it since it the spring has to go in at a sharp angle which means it keeps coming undone . Stihl literature is strangely silent on the subject, as are the numerous "Replace the starter cord" videos on YouTube.
There's got to be some simple may - surely Stihl doesn't secretly hate its customers so much. Can anyone tell me what it is?