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Petrol strimmer not starting

SCOOP 64 · 2022-03-19 14:09:13

just tried to start my Ryobi strimmer for the first time this year, wont start, now the pulley pulls and retracts fine so pulley/rope working but has no resistants ,can pull it with one finger, so whats likely course, working fine end of last summer.

19-03-2022 03:09PM

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SCOOP 64

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just tried to start my Ryobi strimmer for the first time this year, wont start, now the pulley pulls and retracts fine so pulley/rope working but has no resistants ,can pull it with one finger, so whats likely course, working fine end of last summer.

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#2 20-03-2022 02:34PM

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If there's no resistance on the pull start I'd say it's an issue with pawl that's stuck or a broken pawl spring perhaps. Take the pull start cover off and give it a good spray of WD40.

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#3 20-03-2022 05:28PM

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Took it apart abit of a pain to get too the two stoppers with springs in them seized, WD40 cleaned up and now starting,
Heres a video which explains how to get too spool pulley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKuX3UvrTLk

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