If it is retracting off the saw but not on then the pawls are sticking.
The little tabs that grab the starter wheel.
Probably on the flywheel.
The little tabs that grab the starter wheel.
Probably on the flywheel.
Well guess what, taking out the spring start assist work. So had to buy a rebuild kit. Seems like this saw Is two steps back and one step forward..OldStroke2. i think you are exactly correct. The Assist spring looks to be bent,. How a spring can be bent is beyond me, I would have thought a spring would have been hard enough to resist bending, even if you wanted to bend it. I was able to bend it back just a little and it worked better, but under load, looks like it just failed again....... I am considering pulling that spring out and see if that is causing the cord not jam and not recoil.
You can just get a new spring. Poulan part # 581481601 about $3.00. Order a few of them, it's not IF they will fail but WHEN they will. I have disabled a number of these systems and the next time this one fails I will try something different. I tried soft soldering the coils together, but wasn't a permanent solution, no longer have access to welding equipment but a good solution would be to run a couple of beads across the coils. Next thing I will try is to cut a piece of drill rod to the right length to fit into the holes in both pieces and pot it into the spring cavity with a good epoxy. These things fail because we are drop starting the saws, if you have the patience to use them the right way, they might last. You are supposed to just pull the cord quickly with moderate pressure and the spring will kick the piston through compression, giving faster and easier piston speed through TDC, this only gives you one pop per pull and you need a LOT of these so most of us say to hell with it and drop start it to get the engine spinning through a few compression cycles.Well guess what, taking out the spring start assist work. So had to buy a rebuild kit. Seems like this saw Is two steps back and one step forward..
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