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Replace Broken Rewind Spring 15hp 15R76A

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lemondrop9344

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There must be a trick to this. I purchased a replacement spring for the manual rewind (Sierra). It arrived neatly wound.... but about 2" in diameter bigger than would fit into the steel cup. How does one go about getting this spring compressed (wound up) inside that little steel cup?
Doing a search on this forum I saw a procedure for the 6hp motors, I don't think that would work with the 15hp as the setup is different. Looking on youtube, I saw a post indicating it was so simple a child could do it. The person helping the child was able to wind up the spring with nothing other than his hands holding it together. That's just not going to happen for me with the spring I have. Lee Roy's ramblings did not shed any light on this.
I have a service manual (a copy of a real one) and it does not appear to address this issue.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
 
As far as the spring goes, I've never had a problem winding the spring and simply setting it in the cup. You can however have it streched outside of the cup, then pull it into the cup with the pulley.

(Manual Starter Cord Installation)
(This pertains to the type of Manual Starters such as the later 9.9hp and 15hp models)
(J. Reeves)

The starter assy must be off and on the bench to do this. Split the pulley by removing the retaining screws that retain the pulley halves. Install the rope, kinking it slightly so that it doesn't come undone. Reassemble and re-install the starter.


Now, looking straight down at the starter, turn the pulley a turn or two in a counter clockwise direction to exert a pressure on the spring. Then, while holding the starter in that position, unkink the cord and thread it out the starter cord passageway.


Pull the rope all the way out to make sure that it extends all the way (and retracts). While it's pulled out, tie a slip knot in it so that it doesn't accidently get away from you and slam back in. Install the handle, release that slip knot... that's it.

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What did you wind the spring with so you could simply set it in the cup? That probably seems like a dumb question, but, I've replaced many a spring on lawn mowers and almost all of them could be wound with your hands. This spring is something else. I tried the latter suggestion as that is what I saw on youtube. I can get maybe 1/3 of the spring (that's probably generous) wound into the cup. At that point there seems to be an incredible amount of tension on the pulley. I've already replaced the starter rope in the pulley, I just can't get the spring in.


joereeves said:
As far as the spring goes, I've never had a problem winding the spring and simply setting it in the cup. You can however have it streched outside of the cup, then pull it into the cup with the pulley.

(Manual Starter Cord Installation)
(This pertains to the type of Manual Starters such as the later 9.9hp and 15hp models)
(J. Reeves)



The starter assy must be off and on the bench to do this. Split the pulley by removing the retaining screws that retain the pulley halves. Install the rope, kinking it slightly so that it doesn't come undone. Reassemble and re-install the starter.


Now, looking straight down at the starter, turn the pulley a turn or two in a counter clockwise direction to exert a pressure on the spring. Then, while holding the starter in that position, unkink the cord and thread it out the starter cord passageway.


Pull the rope all the way out to make sure that it extends all the way (and retracts). While it's pulled out, tie a slip knot in it so that it doesn't accidently get away from you and slam back in. Install the handle, release that slip knot... that's it.

Thousands of parts in my remaining stock. Not able to list them all. Let me know what you need and I'll look it up for you. Visit my eBay auction at:

http://shop.ebay.com/Joe_OMC32/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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