On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:45:38 -0700, wrote:

On Aug 23, 10:07 pm, Jethro wrote:
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:39:17 GMT, Grandpa wrote:
Jethro wrote:
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:40:33 GMT, Grandpa wrote:

Jethro wrote:
I have a generator with a backup pull start in case the electric start
fails.
I tried it and promptly broke the pull rope. I removed the cover
(housing) and removed the rope, then replaced it with new rope.
Now there is no tension when I pull the rope. If I pull the rope it
just pulls out and stays out.

Obviously, I didn't wind the new rope right or I 'sprung' the
mechanism or something. I'm wondering if someone can describe to me
what I might try. Probably not - but I thought I'd ask.

Thanks

Jethro
Do a Google search for "recoil starter repair" or "pull starter
repair" and you'll find all the info you'll need.

Well - I tried that and don't see anything very useful to me.
My engine is a Chonqing Weima 420CC. It is on a 9000W gas-powered
generator I bought at Pep Boys. I searched the Weima web sites hoping
for schematic(s) or instructions, but found nothing. I have the
recoil starter pull-rope mechanism in my hands as we speak, but can
find no way to put tension of the thing now that I have replaced the
broken pull-rope. If I could just do that, I think the thing would
work. I figure when the pull-rope broke, the spring mechanism might
have 'unsprung', but I don't really know. I didn't hear any
'boingg'.

Thanks

Jethro

When you broke the rope, the spring "unwound" since there was
nothing to stop it (the handle). You'll have to rewind the spring in
order to get the tension back.

I agree. But I can't find a way to 'rewind' the spring to restore the
tension. I'll look at the following URL tomorrow AM to see if
anything there will help. Thanks. Jethro.



See if this site helps:
http://www.lawn-mower-shop.com/vropstrt.htm-

Well - I looked at the site, and printed the 2 pages. Read and
re-read them. The pull starter pictured is a lot like mine.
I am concluding that somehow my spring should be engaging, but is not.
I can remove the spring housing that is held in place by a single hex
bolt, centered. But when I do that, I can feel the housing wanting
to jump out due to tension - so I figure that there is tension there,
and that the problem is the failure to engage somewhere. I really
worry that if I try to completely remove the retention bolt, the thing
will explode and become an non-storable mess - at least to me. So
right not I am just sitting here looking at it.

Oh well........

Thanks for helps

Jethro



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You need to find out why the spring is not engaged with the pulley.
If you turn the pulley in the direction it would be pulled, it should
start to wind up the spring. Once the spring is connected to the
pulley, you wind the rope around the pulley. Then you pull out some
rope as you would if you were pulling it. And then you hold the
pulley from going back and wrap one turn of rope around the pulley
again. That creates one pully turn worth of tension on the rope, so
that it's held it a bit, instead of hanging out loose.