It seems to get caught on something and it is impossible to get a good smooth pull which is required to get it to start...it almost jerks my arm out of it's socket when the cord suddently stops feeding...I have had it returned to the store and they said that it had been fixed...nothing has changed. It still takes "hours" to start it and by that time I've given up.
To traxtor06
Your problem sounds like a broken starter spring. If the spring is broken it will slip allowing the tension to be released and not fully retract the rope.
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After getting it started I noticed that the cord was half way sticking out. I turned the chainsaw off and tried getting it started again , hoping this time it would feed back into the housing. I couldn't get it started period then because the cord is now 2/3 's out. I took off the 4 screws and tried looking at how i could tighten it but even after i did It slowly loosens. Anyone find a way to keep this from happening? Seems the springs and plastic parts in this housing are cheap and preventing me from properly storing the cord while working.
Does the rope just stop or does it kick back?
If it kicks back it is a timing issue. The flywheel of flywheel key have sheared. Not a very common problem but it does happen.
had same problem with recoil. Slightly loosened screw that holds it fixed that problem now if i could just pull it without it being hard as heck to pull!
had same problem. sloihtly loosened screw holding recoil pully problem with that solved. now if I can figure out a way to make it easier to pull in the first place. darn thing jerks the rope right out of my hand.
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