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Thread ID: 118208 2011-05-24 08:31:00 Anyone know anything about ride on mowers? tuiruru (12277) PC World Chat
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1204618 2011-05-26 18:09:00 Used to play around with the old Iron Horse motors in my early teens

Most recoil starters are the same with variations,either the spring is broken again or the end attachment point is worn letting it come away

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Lawrence (2987)
1204619 2011-05-26 19:54:00 Yeah, my own experience has been of the end of the spring coming loose due to wear, requiring either replacement of the spring or of the springs housing.

The only tough bit of the job is ensuring that the spring tension is appropriate for the number of turns of the starter rope. ie [starter rope all out]=[lots of tension on spring] or [starter rope all wound up]=[little tension on spring].

If you get this combo wrong and assemble it with the spring tight and the starter cord all wound up you'll break something when you next give the cord a good yank.

Ideally the cord should reach the limit of its travel before the spring reaches its maximum degree of coil.

A trust I'm involved with has a ride-on that gets all too frequent maintenance. On occasion the bills can exceed $2,000 in a single year.
If you mow uneven ground I wouldn't want the brake maintenance to be overlooked!
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