On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:32:54 GMT, Jethro wrote:


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.

A web-wide search or only the Wiema site?

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

They're all the same, basically. No need to stick to the maker's site.

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