On Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:39:02 -0400, "digitalmaster"
wrote:


"mm" wrote in message
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On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:21:15 -0400, "No" wrote:

If something is broke just start taking things apart until you find the
broken thingamabob and take it to a mower repair shop to get a new part
then
put it back together. Or, just take it in again.

Maybe you guys can help me on this one. Although I know this is a
simple repair and works well almost all the time, my first mower had a
broken spring (not at the hook but at the waist like area where it
uses a narrow spot to attach to the hub iirc.

I replaced it and the new one broke the first day, in the same way.

It's not hard to turn the shaft with the rope before it breaks. The
engine is not frozen. IIRC, the rope only got sucked back part way
and I eventually tried oiling the spring, even though I think they
never are. Are they?

Regardless, it didn't help.

I went through the same repair and break cycle with two more springs
iirc. 3 plust the origina.


It's been years and the mower is rusting in a corner, but I like it,
like the original poster, because it is narrow and can get into an
area where the tree has grown and nothing bigger will get in there.
And I'd like to know where I've gone wrong.

sounds like you need a shorter rope..or not pull so far out...when the sping
winds so far it cannot give any more.

I'll try that, or at least check it, but I'm 95 percent sure I was
using the same rope that it came with, and that it worked with for at
least a year or two. Won't be able to try this until later in the
summer. Thanks.