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Hi All, having great difficulty installing and aftermarket recoil starter assembly, original was taken apart by my son and who knows where 1/2 the parts are, anyway the white plastic pawl with the little pin keeps snapping off, this is my second try, I wonder if a factory pawl would be a better choice, or am I doing something wrong when I assemble it?
Thanks

Thanks, I have that.

Yes, the aftermarket starter parts do not hold up very well, generally

Does it have the EZ start recoil?

Hi, I believe thats what the C stands for, so yes, easy start.

C stands for Comfort feature. To have easy start it would need be C-E.

If you ever need to get parts, the fs38 is the same trimmer, and is still made.

If it has the EZ start recoil be aware that you can't jerk it like a non EZ start. You need to pull slowly to load up the assembly till it turns the engine over. If you jerk on it hard it will break it. OEM or AM it doesn't matter.

Yep
And yet another owner misuse that people try to fob off as a warranty repair .

Lots of great tips are included in these manuals. On our new clothes washer, I found a ton of helpful stuff the entire internet was complaining about. Ask them did you do this? Nope. No wonder........

New OEM pawl installed and still have the same problem, how can I tell if it’s an easy start?

Well does it look like this?

Putting an OEM pawl in an after market starter may be your problem. The cheapo junk parts don't fit too well, as well as break often.