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Spring repacement Would greatly appreciate detailed info on how to replace recoil spring on poulan chainsaw 16 inch Thanks

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Can you tell me if i put the recoll spring back on the saw first to rewind it or do i rewind it then put it back on the saw

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Hi fwadden

Remove the housing-fan. Remove the screw and detach the pulley- starter and the spring -starter.Put the new spring-starter(it usualy comes with a support).The spring-starter"spires are counterclockwise oriented.Put the puley starter back and the screw.Wrap up the rope clockwise on the pulley-starter until the starter works propperly.Hope this helps you.
best regards savumihai71

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Smalleng.com (about 3.5 minutes long and worth watching the entire video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRyy3MlsjVo

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