GPopp
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Hello,
I'm new to the site, but have had my homelite 240 for over a year now. It comes with a 20 inch bar and is mighty old. It is a hand down from 2 generations but has had good success. I was having pull start issues a few weeks ago (messing with some small trees but ended up starting up and had good use. I had an issue with the pull cord (kept coming out so replaced it) and it was time to sharpen the chains, so I had those done.
I reinstalled the chain and now the pull cord is extremely hard to pull and is jerky. I cleaned off the air filter, cleaned off the spark plug, and checked the exhaust and some of the inner housing. I sprayed some wd-40 in the metal coil of the pullcord assembly, so that shouldn't be the issue. When I took out the spark plug and had the bar unattached it pulled just fine. but when I attached the bar and chain, it had problems pulling (very hard and jerky. I cleaned out the bar and added wd-40 and the sprocket moved just fine, no issues. I'm still having a hard hard pull even without the spark plug and the bar on.
What are some things I can check? I'm not 100% confident in small engines, but I seem to know bigger engines. Any help would be great. Thanks!
I'm new to the site, but have had my homelite 240 for over a year now. It comes with a 20 inch bar and is mighty old. It is a hand down from 2 generations but has had good success. I was having pull start issues a few weeks ago (messing with some small trees but ended up starting up and had good use. I had an issue with the pull cord (kept coming out so replaced it) and it was time to sharpen the chains, so I had those done.
I reinstalled the chain and now the pull cord is extremely hard to pull and is jerky. I cleaned off the air filter, cleaned off the spark plug, and checked the exhaust and some of the inner housing. I sprayed some wd-40 in the metal coil of the pullcord assembly, so that shouldn't be the issue. When I took out the spark plug and had the bar unattached it pulled just fine. but when I attached the bar and chain, it had problems pulling (very hard and jerky. I cleaned out the bar and added wd-40 and the sprocket moved just fine, no issues. I'm still having a hard hard pull even without the spark plug and the bar on.
What are some things I can check? I'm not 100% confident in small engines, but I seem to know bigger engines. Any help would be great. Thanks!