On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2:43:53 PM UTC-5, Pavel314 wrote:
On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2:02:01 PM UTC-4, Harry K wrote:
On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 12:38:50 PM UTC-7, Pavel314 wrote:
I went out to cut some wood last weekend and when I pulled the starter cord, it came out of the saw. This is a Poulon Pro 5020 AV. I took it back in to fix it but it would only recoil half way after being pulled out.

I foolishly started undoing things and the coil spring unsprung. I've had a few sessions trying to get it back but it's not easy. I found some YouTube videos on the subject which may help.

Any suggestions on how to proceed will be appreciated.


Paul

My solution was to take it to the "fix-it" guy in town...dtwice

Harry K

I've about come to that conclusion after a third frustrating attempt yesterday evening. Just one more thing to try before giving up; I ordered a spring which comes coiled up with a restraining band. In theory, I should just be able to slip it into the depression, slip off the band, and bolt everything down. If that don't work, off to the fix-it guy.

Paul

I can fix just about anything on my saws except for that damn spring. A word of caution - if you have a metal spring inside a plastic housing, don't apply oil to the spring to make it slip easier. Plastic & oil just don't get along together.