Stihl MS310 pulls hard with recoil rope

[Gunnerdog1]

Hello, looking for some help with my stihl ms310. It has always been a little hard to pull trying to start. Lately I can hardly pull the rope to get it to move. I removed the recoil rope cover and I can turn the flywheel by hand pretty easy it seems. Any idea why it would be so hard to pull with recoil rope cover on? Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Hello, looking for some help with my stihl ms310. It has always been a little hard to pull trying to start. Lately I can hardly pull the rope to get it to move. I removed the recoil rope cover and I can turn the flywheel by hand pretty easy it seems. Any idea why it would be so hard to pull with recoil rope cover on? Thanks in advance for any help!

Disassemble the starter and look for broken parts, any parts that look like they have been binding.