Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Ron those starters are easy to service. Take the three cover screws out and rotate the cover clockwise until the tension on the rope is gone. Remove the cover and starter screen and clean out all the crap. Use a 5/16" socket or nut driver to remove the screw in the center of the pulley. Work the pulley off, being careful to NOT pull the spring from the housing. A thin screwdriver behind the pulley will help hold the spring in place. Once the pulley is off, clean it and clean around the spring.
DON'T pull the spring out unless you want to be really thorough. If you DO pull out the spring, you can wind it back into the housing, working from the outside in. Check to see that the ratchet (center axle thing that is turned by the pulley and engages the pawls on the flywheel) turns freely. If you remove the flywheel cover you can pull the ratchet out and clean/oil the bushings.
Inspect the spring. Make sure the outside end is seated in its notch in the flywheel cover. Also check to see that the inner hooked end (that engages the pulley) is there. If your rope isn't retracting it could be that you have a broken spring, or one that's slipping from the pulley notch. Repair or replace the spring if needed.
If you have to replace the rope, you'll need to cut it to length (41" IIRC), melt the ends, and install the anchor pin in it. This pin will be in the end of the old rope, where it's seated in the pulley. You can make a new pin with a finishing nail cut to length if needed. I hold the nail in pliers, heat it with a torch or lighter, push it through the rope (about 1/8" or so from the end), let it cool a tad, push it all the way though until the head sits on the rope, and then cut the excess off (to match the length of the old pin). The rope pulls through the hole in the pulley and the pin seats against it. This is all in the 10-series WSM.
Reassembly is mostly the reverse of disassembly. You reinstall the pulley, making sure the spring engages the notch (and then install/tighten the mounting screw), put the starter screen back on, then wind the rope around the pulley (counter clockwise) until it's all on (the starter cover will now be against the housing and the starter handle will be pulled against the cover). Rotate the cover CC 1-2 turns (this will turn the engine if the flywheel cover is installed on the saw) to tension the spring, and then install the three starter screws. Pull the rope to see if it retracts right.
DON'T pull the spring out unless you want to be really thorough. If you DO pull out the spring, you can wind it back into the housing, working from the outside in. Check to see that the ratchet (center axle thing that is turned by the pulley and engages the pawls on the flywheel) turns freely. If you remove the flywheel cover you can pull the ratchet out and clean/oil the bushings.
Inspect the spring. Make sure the outside end is seated in its notch in the flywheel cover. Also check to see that the inner hooked end (that engages the pulley) is there. If your rope isn't retracting it could be that you have a broken spring, or one that's slipping from the pulley notch. Repair or replace the spring if needed.
If you have to replace the rope, you'll need to cut it to length (41" IIRC), melt the ends, and install the anchor pin in it. This pin will be in the end of the old rope, where it's seated in the pulley. You can make a new pin with a finishing nail cut to length if needed. I hold the nail in pliers, heat it with a torch or lighter, push it through the rope (about 1/8" or so from the end), let it cool a tad, push it all the way though until the head sits on the rope, and then cut the excess off (to match the length of the old pin). The rope pulls through the hole in the pulley and the pin seats against it. This is all in the 10-series WSM.
Reassembly is mostly the reverse of disassembly. You reinstall the pulley, making sure the spring engages the notch (and then install/tighten the mounting screw), put the starter screen back on, then wind the rope around the pulley (counter clockwise) until it's all on (the starter cover will now be against the housing and the starter handle will be pulled against the cover). Rotate the cover CC 1-2 turns (this will turn the engine if the flywheel cover is installed on the saw) to tension the spring, and then install the three starter screws. Pull the rope to see if it retracts right.
