Reply To: ELGIN 12 Recoil

[Dave Morrison]

Update

    The  bolt double nutted at the bottom did work after I got it tighter by engaging the pinion on the flywheel and tightening it up against that pressure.

     The bolt approach has several advantages. First it acts like the “special tool “ in that you can put a socket on the bolt to wind up the spring ( or clamp a small vise grip to the bolt). Much easier to turn than the screwdriver method.

    BUT, even more importantly, you can use the bolt to  move the spring up and down until the drive pin holes align perfectly.

    So thanks guys for the responses. That issue is solved.

    Sadly, after all that the recoil will not rewind, even though it wound up ( 8-9 turns counterclockwise) with tension and nothing is binding.

I guess that I’ll have to pull out the spring assembly which I’m not happy to do for fear of creating a new problem.

Any more thoughts ?