Re: 1948 Johnson HD25 Pull Start Rope

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May 11, 2015 at 11:10 pm #15737
legendre
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    quote Garry in Tampa:

    Make sure the bronze cable core has NOT damaged the housing. Any rough edges will rapidly chew up a new cord.

    This is extremely valuable advice – you want that rope guide bushing ID to be smooth and shiny. Some recoil assys. have a replaceable bushing, but with most, it’s part of the recoil case itself. Even a little burr in there will shred your new rope in short order.

    Oh, and don’t remove the recoil spring, lol.. but do wear strong eye protection any time you’re working with a compressed spring, as in the case of recoil service.