Starter Re-Coil Spring-- On a Doo

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Morley

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Dare I say it.... Im working on a doo....

So here's the scoop.
I have my buddies sled in my garage and have been doing a ton
of work on it since he does not maintain it whatsoever, and I can't stand to
see it like that. But anyway, it's a 95 Mach Z .

I took the pipes off and took off the cover for the starter rope and
popped off the white plastic disk and the coil went flying out, so now I have
the new starter rope and the only problem is, How in the F&%$# do I get the
coil back in place? I just about took my finger off trying to coil it up by hand..
Is there a special tool for this? Sorry for the newbie question I have never worked
on doo's before. Or starter ropes for that matter neither :0)
Thanks,

Morley
 

I have duct tape the spring down with a small strip until I can get the spring back into the back side of the pulley. I have modified the pulley slots to make it easier to align and then once it grabs the spring then wind her back up with the rope tied on but without the pull handle of course, use a c clamp to lock the recoil pulley and then fish the pull cord back through the recoil eye with a screw driver or needle nose and either use a vise-grip to hold the chord while you tie the handle back on or fish it through the sled to its location and vise grip it so you can tie the handle back on with out it chord slipping back. Trust me it sucks and in most cases I will fight it for hours and then finally get it back and it breaks again..LOL
 
MrSled said:
I have duct tape the spring down with a small strip until I can get the spring back into the back side of the pulley. I have modified the pulley slots to make it easier to align and then once it grabs the spring then wind her back up with the rope tied on but without the pull handle of course, use a c clamp to lock the recoil pulley and then fish the pull cord back through the recoil eye with a screw driver or needle nose and either use a vise-grip to hold the chord while you tie the handle back on or fish it through the sled to its location and vise grip it so you can tie the handle back on with out it chord slipping back. Trust me it sucks and in most cases I will fight it for hours and then finally get it back and it breaks again..LOL
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Well I know it sucks I figured that out the hard way, but from what you've posted, the sled I'm working on is not like that whatsoever, the coil spring is
mega stiff and there is no way in hell that duct tape will hold in place.
I'm screwed I think... :ORC
 
Sure thing..

Notice the notch at the ends of the coil. They need to rest in the slotted
area of the inner circle of the cover and the white puck.

here you go:


starter1.jpg


starter2.jpg
 
I have done those before. You have to really hold down as you push the spring into that inner circle of the 2nd pick...its a bitch but it can be done with a second set of hands. One person winds the other holds down the spring. Then you have to try and line up the pully notch so the spring can catch it, and actually thats the hard part.
 
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