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79 Rewind Starter Maintenance

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johnnycharleston

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I have a '79 Evinrude 25hp. The Pull start is working ok, but has a fair amount of resistance (I can hear metal on metal friction) and does not recoil like it once did. Is there any tuning I can do to help bring this back to like-new (i.e., the wife feels comfortable starting it)?

http://www.marineengine.com/parts/j...&manufacturer=Evinrude&section=Rewind+Starter

I have the restarter disassemebled already and I am trying to figure out if there is anything I should have been lubricating or cleaning in the three years I've owned it but my assessment so far is to just WD-40 the spring and wipe it down.

Any thoughts?
 
Thank you. I am unfamiliar with these pull start assemblies so I am having a problem following your suggestion. Are you suggesting that I lubricate the surface of the pulley (part #5 in the link I provided) so that it reduces the friction with the spring (#4)? Or am I trying to reduce friction between the the pulley and spindle (#6)?
 
You DO NOT want the bare metal of the pulley rubbing up against the bare metal of the spindle.... it creates friction and chatter. You DO want that pulley to spin on the spindle as easy and friction free as possible.
 
Great, thank you! As soon as I can get this spring crammed back into the housing I will be sure to lubricate the spindle. I did find quite a bit of metal flakes around the spring though the spring itself looks pretty good. Hopefully lubricating the spindle on top of the cleaning I just did will solve my problem. Thanks again!
 
Grease the spring too.

EDIT: Looks like I said to grease it at the same time you reported breaking it. Well OK then, grease the new one. Not suggesting that is why it broke.
 
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(Manual Starter Assembly)
(This pertains to the type of Manual Starter Housing that sits over top of the flywheel)
(J. Reeves)

Lay the manual starter housing upside down on the workbench.


Wind the spring "counter clockwise" in your hands so that you can lay it into the housing, having the outer spring end hooked over the retaining pin. Make sure the spring is in there properly (You do not want it to fly out of there).


Holding the spring down, with pliers carefully bend about 3" or 4" (more or less) on the inner portion of the spring in towards the center of the housing. This will allow the pulley pin to enter the retaining hole at the end of the spring properly.


Lay the pulley down over the spring, making sure that the pin on the pulley is secured to the retaining hole on the end of the spring. Install the spindle (center bearing gizzmo), bolt, nut, etc, whatever your particular manual starter may use.


The cord (nylon) should be roughly 72" long. Have a figure 8 knot in one end. Heat the other end so that you could form a point on it, wiping it with a rag when it's burning or hot to a melting point.


Now, with the starter housing still upside down, keeping a firm grip on that starter housing and also the pulley, start winding the pulley in the normal counter clockwise direction. Wind it as far as it will go, then carefully let it back off until the starter pulley cord hole is aligned with the housing cord outlet.


Hold the pulley there and insert the cord in through the inside of the pulley and out through the starter housing. Pull the cord through completely and get a good grip on it. Now let the pulley retract the cord, but hold onto the cord (don't let it fly in there).


If it's obvious that the cord is too long, figuring what will be needed within the handle, shorten it as needed.


Pull the cord out so that about two feet of the cord is exposed. Tie a slip knot so that the cord can't retract back.


Insert the cord into the handle and secure as needed, then release the slip knot allowing the cord to be withdrawn fully. That's all there is to it..
 
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