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C. STARTER ROPE

•A starter rope that breaks next to the pulley can be repaired.

•Replacethe starter rope if the rope breaks more than 2-3 inches away from the pulley as the rope will be too short to repair properly.

AWARNING

Always wear eye protection when servicing the starter rope. The recoil spring beneath the pulley is under tension. If the spring pops out, serious injury can result.

NOTE: The recoil spring,located beneath the pulley, is under tension. If the spring pops out, it will require considerable time and effort the reinstall. For this reason, you may want to let a qualifiedservice dealer handle this repair. If youdo tryto repairthestarterrope and therecoilspringpops out, take the unitto a qualifiedservice dealer.

1Remove the four screws on the side of the fan housing. Figure 36,

ICAUTION:I Do not mix chrome-colored fan

housing screws with the black-colored cylinder shroud screws. Other than color, these screws are similar in appearance; but if interchanged, they can strip out and/or cause permanent engine damage.

2.Remove the fan housing.

3.Ifthe starter rope isbroken, proceed to step "4:'Ifthe starter rope is not broken, release the tension on the spring as follows:

a.Pull about 12inches of rope from the pulley and catch the ropein the notch as shown in Figure 37.

b. Turn the pulleycounterclockwise _	untilthe
spring tension is released.

4_ Unthread the pulley screw in the center of the pulley with a 5/32" allen wrench until the pulley assembly can be removed from the fan housing.

5. Liftthe PUlleycarefu//ywhile gentlytwisting the pulley

counterclockwise _ . Remove the old rope.

6.Move away from the fuel tank and mett the end of the new rope to go intothe pulley.

7.Allow the melted end to drip once; then while the

rope is stillhot, pull the melted end through a rag to obtain a smooth, pointed end.

8.Feedthe ropethrough the round starter hole in the the fan housing. Figure 38.

9.Guide rope inside pulley,then through topsidepulley hole by pushing the rope from the underside hole with a small round object, such as a Phillips screwdriver. See inset. Figure 38.

10.Tie aknot inthe end of the rope leaving nomorethan a 3/8 to 1/4inch tail and pull the knot snugly intothe corner of the groove in the pulley. Figure 37.

11.Tuck the tail on the rope knot into the inner curved

section to avoid interference with the flywheel. Fig- ure 37 & 39.

12.Settheputleyassemblyinthehousing; push itdown and engage the spring.

13.Tighten the pulley screw.

NOTE: Ifyou removethe pulley screw fromthe pulley make sure the starter dog, retainer, cam and wave washer are positioned and installed properly as shown in Figure 38,

14.Make sure the cam is installed on the starter dog in the direction shown in Figure 38. Also make sure the wave washer isseated around the top outer edge of the retainer and not caught between the top of the retainer and the pulley screw.

15.Catch the rope in the notch in the pulley. Figure 39.

16.Turn the pulley clockwise _ to wind up the springuntil it will turn no more without forcing. Do not letgo of the pulley. Letthe pulley unwind onefult turn and release the rope from the slot.Continue to hold pulley.

17.Hold the pulley, pull the starter rope to the full extent of length then let the rope rewind slowly.

18.Reinstall fan housing and the four chrome_colored screws. Tighten screws securely.

STARTER_

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/	CHROME-COLORED	SCREWS	PHILLIPS
'-'--	(See "Caution" under Step 1)		SCREWDRIVER
Figure36			Figure 38
	TURN	PULLEY	TURN PULLEY
			CLOCKWISE

TO WIND

TO RELEASESPRING

TENSION

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