i'm doing some work on a lawnboy 7261 for a guy at work. i'm having trouble installing the recoil. There is a wire on the back of the recoil that goes around the white gear. when i looked up the parts diagram its called a "spring". Its part number 18 in this diagram Parts and Diagrams for Lawn Boy 7261, Lawnmower, 1972 (SN 200000001-299999999) i'm having trouble figuring out where it goes when installing the recoil to the mower. any help would be great
Need help with a recoil for a 7261
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"up date" i went to the lawn boy website and its called a starter sping. when i tried to install the coil the spring gets snaged on stuff and gets knocked of the gear or caught up in the gear. any idea what i'm doing wrong its got to be something simply i am over looking. please tell me anything about this part or how its works.
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Hey Eric -- welcome to the forum.
Part # 18 is a retaining clip -- that's what I'd call it. That recoil assembly has to be put together and the clip is then inserted to keep it from coming apart. [I hope this is correct. :wink: ]
Be careful -- wear eye protection when you work on these recoil assemblies -- the main spring (# 16) can fly apart and hit you.