Lost a few hours with trying to fix the spring. Then I decide to search TH-cam. With this 12years old trick I was able to fix it in a few minutes. Thanks man 👍🏻
after what feels like 100,0000 video i found you you get a place of honor in the whole world because you saved many people from the madhouse. this trick is so awesome i could hug you and my wife gives you a big kiss. Thank you for making this video for us with the two left hands that have already torn all the hair out of our heads. thank you, thank you, eternal THANK YOU greetings from Germany😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😊
I was struggling to fix it last five hours I couldn’t as soon I saw your video clip that’s help me a lot I did within like five minutes I’m so happy thank you appreciate for your video does help me thank you
I have watched a lot of videos on this procedure and you made the rewinding so simple. Thank you for taking the time and energy to make this video. It so extremely helpful. I have large hands and have been struggling with a recoil spring for hours and hours. Nothing I have tried has worked but you my friend just solved the dilemma for me.
Nice video however I was able to wind the recoil spring by hand maybe because it was from a weedwacker and not from a lawnmower or whatever yours was for well good day mate.
You're a genius! My situation had a "U" followed by a little straight piece of spring instead of a loop at the end of the spring. I was able to use 2 nails (based on your inspiration) to do exactly the same thing. For those with similar springs to mine, that extra piece of end spring didn't want to go down in, but the "U" was seated and I was able to use a broad bolt for a punch to drive the little extension down. First time. Thanks so much!
Absolutely genius! I've just disloged the winding spring on my Stihl blower. Your video has been a life saver. Thankyou. Phil Edwards. North Wales. UK.
Like others, I messed around for a few hours trying to put the genie back in the bottle on a Poulan Chainsaw. This technique worked great...thanks for posting it!!!
Literally worked in 3 minutes........after cutting myself trying to manipulate the spring by hand I googled this issue and was able to fix my 18 inch Craftsman Chainsaw pull string spring.
Thanks for your video, it gave me some guidance and idea on how to tackle this most tricky of jobs. However word of warning for those attempting to do the same with a Stihl Ergo Start spring. Because of the extra mechanism inside the pull start housing, the actual return spring is much narrower then shown in this video, maybe two thirds to a half the width of non assisted start springs. You need to use the narrowest zip ties possible and because of the equally shallow recess in which the spring sits, it took a few attempts and rewinds with the nail on a board before it was seated. I used a single 300mm x 4.8mm zip tie which was the same width as the spring. Any wider and it would not slide under the pulley to hold the compressed spring. To keep the spring in it's coiled position for inserting into the housing I used a pair of quality (ie non wobbly or bendy) long nosed pliers. Moving the zip tie lock to about 25mm clockwise from the outer hook end leaves just enough gap to insert one of the pliers tips between tie and outer surface of the coil, and of course gripping the inside of the coil with the other tip. Here you have to squeeze tightly and hold on hard whilst slipping the zip tie off then quickly lowering the spring into place in the housing. Be prepared for a few tries until success is achieved. When I figured out what to do I actually managed it first time using the pliers. Please note that the Stihl owners manual illustration for this procedure and all of my Ergo Start tools bears no resemblance to the real thing. Perhaps the instructions diagram was for much older models and the information has not been updated for current equipment. I have a Stihl MS181CE, the cause of all this trouble, and a much more powerful MS250CE, also Ergo Start. The pulley widths are the same on both so I would expect the same difficulty. This problem all started when trying to free up the little plastic pawls that grip the inside of the assisted start spring housing. To do this means taking off a complex shaped retaining spring from the pulley shaft in order to remove the pawls. One false move here and the whole lot goes off with a twang as the recoil spring flies out from under the pull cord pulley. Having criticised the manual diagrams, I must say the instruction for winding up the correct tension for operation of the cord worked perfectly. Sorry to drag on at length, but I hope this information will help other Stihl users with repairs and maintenance.
One of my subscribers sent me this video as i was struggling to put a spring in a Chinese strimmer and has a small lip in the housing so i will try this tomorrow, great idea thank you for sharing this
I wish I had watched your video prior to watching the videos showing how to use an electric (cordless) drill to coil the spring up. I'm 73, and have been working with tools building cars, and repairing just about everything I've owned since I was a boy. However, I wish those who've advised using the "drill" method had mentioned right up front, DON"T OVERWIND the spring. First, over winding won't let you set the spring over the center hub, and still allow you to place the outer end (clip) over the seat for same. The diameter must be fairly correct. Second, and, this is what threw me for over an hour: The drill can easily bend the center end (clip).This, or even just winding it too small/tight will not allow you to place the hub down far enough to sit inside the center coil. Lastly, as you say, the center of the spring wants to push up from the center, the more you wind it. So, it's a bit difficult to get the drill chuck removed without pulling the center of the spring up. I did finally figure out that, by placing a large washer over the center before placing the drill chuck over the center of the spring, that problem can be remedied. I hope this helps folks as much as your video has helped me.
I'm happy to help.. I just wish I'd taken the time to edit it now.. little did I know that over 117,000 would watch it.. I added adverts a while back & now they have now paid for a few beers. So I'm happy with that. Keep well & have fun!
th-cam.com/video/zpn0889AZ7E/w-d-xo.html I came up with another similar method that doesn't use any of the pullstart hardware until the coil is wound up, since my pull start couldn't be disassembled like yours. Hopefully that helps someone who may have run into the same problems I did!
I know its bloody annoying trying to recoil the spring especially when they spring up straight in your face. I would have never thought of this idea cheers for posting mate.
200% the best way this could be done once the spring is ejected/unraveled. I tried multiple things including winding it into the housing (worked once, but then popped out because I dropped it) even then that took upwards to 20 minutes. This did the trick in less than a minute!
Oh I've been there. 3.5 hours is actually pretty quick from my experience. And one more tip to add to his video, WEAR YOUR SAFETY GLASSES. That spring is a beast.
Thanks for all your kind comments folks. If I knew I'd be getting so many hits I would have edited the video a bit. I'm happy it' s helped so many people.
+lenniepincher I'm glad you didn't edit. made me feel a little better about when I do crap like that. which is absolutely all of the time. thank you for the tip, good Sir.
After trying for ages to get my new spring back in I started looking for other ideas. This way worked perfect for me in under 5 mins. Thank you greatly for sharing your wisdom.
I felt like having a funeral for the spring when I had to take it out. We had it put in the wrong way the first time because the old spring broke, and when I tried to get it back into the cardboard band it came in, it flew 20ft out of the shed. Thanks for this, something I never would have came up with!
Thank you very much! Years after its original posting and from many miles away, your video is still helping others. Before viewing this, about the only success I had was rediscovering the joys of creative swearing.
Two "Tips" - cut the head off the nail & bin the cable tie. Much easier without both. Do exactly as you did here, but hold the end of the spring with yer fingers - easily enough held, you only need hold it for a couple of seconds & it makes slipping the spring into its end-holder waay easier & less fecky. With them 2 small changes, replacing any spring becomes a doddle even if the housing is an odd shape. :-)
Took 4 mins-50 seconds. Try a drywall screw instead of the nail. Great video though. About to go try all this myself. Gotta be better then the way I was fighting it. Thanks for posting.
Please help! I have a 49cc coolster max. And I need the recoil spring. But I live in a town where there are no bike shops. Is there any way I can get a lawnmower recoil spring? And if so what size?
You are the man!! I was completely baffled as to how to get that f'n thing back in. Yardman weed whacker, I used a screw instead of a nail, that way I could back it out. I also used a small pair of vise grips to hold it and cut the zip ties off, the ties wouldn't allow me to put the spring down in the case. Thanks very much!!
Lennie! U R a ROCKSTAR! I can't thank you enough for showing me how to recoil the spring. It worked like a dream and saved me not only hours of my time but also...thrown screw drivers, wrenches, and beating my wife!.....lol. Thanks again and by all means....keep adding new videos of more hard to figure out fixes.
Thanks so much! Found this video right before I started throwing tools across the garage since I had spent 3 days on this with no luck and a lot of finger pain! Worked perfect the first time
I see! Thanks! Can you give me a rule of thumb? In terms of number of turns, how many do we need to preload (charge) the spring in order to prevent the rope from being loose. I almost lose my prop with an incident when the rope loosed in flight and the pulling handle got out and jamed with it!
same thing here with a Stihl MS200...struggelled for hours and with your trick done in 5 minutes...great clear video....and....i used a nail with a smaller head and a long strap which i already closed before starting the job CHEERS !
Great video, I will try it tomorrow. I have to change the pull cord on my chainsaw, and of course I let the spring pop out, so this looks like it will be a great help to get it back in
Thanks a million for posting this, I was starting to lose my mind! One tip that my wife came up with: using adjustable molegrips to turn the plastic piece saves a lot of finger pain. Thanks again.
What about fitting the spring into its housing from outside in? No need to use the nail as the spring is to attach to its attaching point, then work out the rest into place from outside in. 1 min the most to get all done!
everyone do this man a solid and click on the ads before his video so he can get a bit of his much deserved moneys for being so fucking brilliant. great job. times like this is when I love living in the information age.
Brilliant!!!!! I knicked a few fingers trying to get my spring into the tiny housing of my Tecumseh rototiller. I tried the other ways (videos) first. FAIL!!!! Thank you. SUCCESS!!!!!
Are you serious? I just broke the end off mine, fighting twice as hard and using electrical tape. no editing needed. your human too, even with the fancy trick...which I'll be using. excellent info and vid
Thanks for posting your video. Got so frustrated trying to install the recoil spring on my hedge trimmer that I took in to have it fixed. Surfing found your vid, picked up the trimmer and 30 minutes later all worked well again.
Thank you. I had spent more than two hours trying to coil the spring. Then I watched your video and had it in it's casing within 5 minutes. Fantastic - very happy.
nice tip! heres another one , make a loop with the 2 ties and sling it up your arm ' the arm that you are going to recoil the spring with " then when it comes time to put ties down you have it ready to slide off your arm an round the coil with out having to fiddle with the ties .
Just used this today. Ended up not needing the zip ties, just having a solid platform to wind the spring with and a nail to hold it in place was enough.
good video realy did help i tried and tried for 5 hours and cut my hand open trying but did not give up so i googled this video and i thought i give this a try and it worked good explanation too thanks:)
Lost a few hours with trying to fix the spring. Then I decide to search TH-cam. With this 12years old trick I was able to fix it in a few minutes. Thanks man 👍🏻
after what feels like 100,0000
video i found you
you get a place of honor in the whole world because you saved many people from the madhouse.
this trick is so awesome i could hug you
and my wife gives you a big kiss.
Thank you for making this video for us with the two left hands that have already torn all the hair out of our heads.
thank you, thank you, eternal THANK YOU
greetings from Germany😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😊
I was struggling to fix it last five hours I couldn’t as soon I saw your video clip that’s help me a lot I did within like five minutes I’m so happy thank you appreciate for your video does help me thank you
Nice video thanks for sharing. greetings from Argentina
Está muy difícil para hacerlo en casa, mejor la llevo al taller, gracias de todas formas
I have watched a lot of videos on this procedure and you made the rewinding so simple. Thank you for taking the time and energy to make this video. It so extremely helpful. I have large hands and have been struggling with a recoil spring for hours and hours. Nothing I have tried has worked but you my friend just solved the dilemma for me.
me to and i fixt it to❤😂
..i was really close to throw everything in the dustbin - you saved my day. Thank You very much!
Nice video however I was able to wind the recoil spring by hand maybe because it was from a weedwacker and not from a lawnmower or whatever yours was for well good day mate.
You're a genius! My situation had a "U" followed by a little straight piece of spring instead of a loop at the end of the spring. I was able to use 2 nails (based on your inspiration) to do exactly the same thing. For those with similar springs to mine, that extra piece of end spring didn't want to go down in, but the "U" was seated and I was able to use a broad bolt for a punch to drive the little extension down. First time. Thanks so much!
Alhamdulilah jadi bisa mantapppp terimakasih bang sehat selalu suksess terusss 😍😍
Thank you so much for your help. This video saved me!
I bought a new spring because I didn't know that trick.
Absolutely genius! I've just disloged the winding spring on my Stihl blower. Your video has been a life saver. Thankyou. Phil Edwards. North Wales. UK.
thanks for that i had been working on mine since 1986
Excellent.. many thanks..
Thanku sir 👍 This is very helpful for me.
Cheers and thanks
Buggered about all day with mine . . . . till i saw your vid.. Excellent.. thanks..
Like others, I messed around for a few hours trying to put the genie back in the bottle on a Poulan Chainsaw. This technique worked great...thanks for posting it!!!
This helped me soooo much thank you man
OH MY GOSH!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I was about ready to take a sledge hammer to it when I found your video. So simple and quick!!
Nice Job ! Now just got go give it a shot .
Worked like a charm, Thanks!
Literally worked in 3 minutes........after cutting myself trying to manipulate the spring by hand I googled this issue and was able to fix my 18 inch Craftsman Chainsaw pull string spring.
Thanks for your video, it gave me some guidance and idea on how to tackle this most tricky of jobs. However word of warning for those attempting to do the same with a Stihl Ergo Start spring. Because of the extra mechanism inside the pull start housing, the actual return spring is much narrower then shown in this video, maybe two thirds to a half the width of non assisted start springs. You need to use the narrowest zip ties possible and because of the equally shallow recess in which the spring sits, it took a few attempts and rewinds with the nail on a board before it was seated. I used a single 300mm x 4.8mm zip tie which was the same width as the spring. Any wider and it would not slide under the pulley to hold the compressed spring. To keep the spring in it's coiled position for inserting into the housing I used a pair of quality (ie non wobbly or bendy) long nosed pliers. Moving the zip tie lock to about 25mm clockwise from the outer hook end leaves just enough gap to insert one of the pliers tips between tie and outer surface of the coil, and of course gripping the inside of the coil with the other tip. Here you have to squeeze tightly and hold on hard whilst slipping the zip tie off then quickly lowering the spring into place in the housing. Be prepared for a few tries until success is achieved. When I figured out what to do I actually managed it first time using the pliers. Please note that the Stihl owners manual illustration for this procedure and all of my Ergo Start tools bears no resemblance to the real thing. Perhaps the instructions diagram was for much older models and the information has not been updated for current equipment. I have a Stihl MS181CE, the cause of all this trouble, and a much more powerful MS250CE, also Ergo Start. The pulley widths are the same on both so I would expect the same difficulty. This problem all started when trying to free up the little plastic pawls that grip the inside of the assisted start spring housing. To do this means taking off a complex shaped retaining spring from the pulley shaft in order to remove the pawls. One false move here and the whole lot goes off with a twang as the recoil spring flies out from under the pull cord pulley. Having criticised the manual diagrams, I must say the instruction for winding up the correct tension for operation of the cord worked perfectly. Sorry to drag on at length, but I hope this information will help other Stihl users with repairs and maintenance.
One of my subscribers sent me this video as i was struggling to put a spring in a Chinese strimmer and has a small lip in the housing so i will try this tomorrow, great idea thank you for sharing this
I wish I had watched your video prior to watching the videos showing how to use an electric (cordless) drill to coil the spring up. I'm 73, and have been working with tools building cars, and repairing just about everything I've owned since I was a boy. However, I wish those who've advised using the "drill" method had mentioned right up front, DON"T OVERWIND the spring. First, over winding won't let you set the spring over the center hub, and still allow you to place the outer end (clip) over the seat for same. The diameter must be fairly correct. Second, and, this is what threw me for over an hour: The drill can easily bend the center end (clip).This, or even just winding it too small/tight will not allow you to place the hub down far enough to sit inside the center coil. Lastly, as you say, the center of the spring wants to push up from the center, the more you wind it. So, it's a bit difficult to get the drill chuck removed without pulling the center of the spring up. I did finally figure out that, by placing a large washer over the center before placing the drill chuck over the center of the spring, that problem can be remedied.
I hope this helps folks as much as your video has helped me.
Most excellent...Until your video I wasted a good hour and was about to toss the whole starter assembly! Thanks.
I'm happy to help.. I just wish I'd taken the time to edit it now.. little did I know that over 117,000 would watch it.. I added adverts a while back & now they have now paid for a few beers. So I'm happy with that. Keep well & have fun!
Thanks, great help !
This is fantastic, tried loads of other methods with no job, this method worked first time
th-cam.com/video/zpn0889AZ7E/w-d-xo.html
I came up with another similar method that doesn't use any of the pullstart hardware until the coil is wound up, since my pull start couldn't be disassembled like yours. Hopefully that helps someone who may have run into the same problems I did!
I know its bloody annoying trying to recoil the spring especially when they spring up straight in your face. I would have never thought of this idea cheers for posting mate.
Good skills, especially threading the cable ties one handed I came up with the same solution with sore fingers and much swearing.
many thanx guys I spent 3 hours on a cord pull generator that a plank who knew what they were doing walked away from you are heros
200% the best way this could be done once the spring is ejected/unraveled. I tried multiple things including winding it into the housing (worked once, but then popped out because I dropped it) even then that took upwards to 20 minutes. This did the trick in less than a minute!
Jesus your a life saver
Oh I've been there. 3.5 hours is actually pretty quick from my experience. And one more tip to add to his video, WEAR YOUR SAFETY GLASSES. That spring is a beast.
Thank you for your excellent video, to the point without any nonsense.
Thanks for all your kind comments folks. If I knew I'd be getting so many hits I would have edited the video a bit. I'm happy it' s helped so many people.
+lenniepincher I'm glad you didn't edit. made me feel a little better about when I do crap like that. which is absolutely all of the time. thank you for the tip, good Sir.
GOOD VID. WE NEED MORE LIKE THAT
After trying for ages to get my new spring back in I started looking for other ideas. This way worked perfect for me in under 5 mins. Thank you greatly for sharing your wisdom.
I felt like having a funeral for the spring when I had to take it out. We had it put in the wrong way the first time because the old spring broke, and when I tried to get it back into the cardboard band it came in, it flew 20ft out of the shed. Thanks for this, something I never would have came up with!
Thank you very much! Years after its original posting and from many miles away, your video is still helping others. Before viewing this, about the only success I had was rediscovering the joys of creative swearing.
Two "Tips" - cut the head off the nail & bin the cable tie. Much easier without both. Do exactly as you did here, but hold the end of the spring with yer fingers - easily enough held, you only need hold it for a couple of seconds & it makes slipping the spring into its end-holder waay easier & less fecky. With them 2 small changes, replacing any spring becomes a doddle even if the housing is an odd shape. :-)
denk weel voor de les
You sir, are a brilliant damn man! Thank you so much for this video!
Nice, to the point, 'How-to' video.
UGH! Thank You! I am trying to get the spring back inside an echo blower and I been fighting and fighting it. TH-cam to the rescue!
I was just considering buying the $50.00 tool for spring winding. I think I'll now buy a "nail" instead! Thanks.
Took 4 mins-50 seconds. Try a drywall screw instead of the nail. Great video though. About to go try all this myself. Gotta be better then the way I was fighting it. Thanks for posting.
Hats off to you sir! I spent hours trying to be the spring back in and using your method I was successful on second try! Thank you! Stihl MS 180C
Legend! Thanks mate, that saved my day. Only mod I did was cut the top of the nail off once I hammered it in.
Sos un craaack
What a life saver, I used a small rope instead of the zip tie and it worked just fine. Thanks.
Please help! I have a 49cc coolster max. And I need the recoil spring. But I live in a town where there are no bike shops. Is there any way I can get a lawnmower recoil spring? And if so what size?
Very good techjique, hopefully I can repeat the same, thanks.
Thank you for sharing. Absolutely brilliant!
ohh..god...I love you..🤭🤭 thanks mate...i was in terrible situation..now i got the trick
You are the man!!
I was completely baffled as to how to get that f'n thing back in. Yardman weed whacker, I used a screw instead of a nail, that way I could back it out. I also used a small pair of vise grips to hold it and cut the zip ties off, the ties wouldn't allow me to put the spring down in the case.
Thanks very much!!
Lennie! U R a ROCKSTAR! I can't thank you enough for showing me how to recoil the spring. It worked like a dream and saved me not only hours of my time but also...thrown screw drivers, wrenches, and beating my wife!.....lol. Thanks again and by all means....keep adding new videos of more hard to figure out fixes.
Thanks so much! Found this video right before I started throwing tools across the garage since I had spent 3 days on this with no luck and a lot of finger pain! Worked perfect the first time
I see! Thanks! Can you give me a rule of thumb? In terms of number of turns, how many do we need to preload (charge) the spring in order to prevent the rope from being loose. I almost lose my prop with an incident when the rope loosed in flight and the pulling handle got out and jamed with it!
same thing here with a Stihl MS200...struggelled for hours and with your trick done in 5 minutes...great clear video....and....i used a nail with a smaller head and a long strap which i already closed before starting the job CHEERS !
Great video, I will try it tomorrow. I have to change the pull cord on my chainsaw, and of course I let the spring pop out, so this looks like it will be a great help to get it back in
Thanks a million for posting this, I was starting to lose my mind!
One tip that my wife came up with: using adjustable molegrips to turn the plastic piece saves a lot of finger pain.
Thanks again.
What about fitting the spring into its housing from outside in? No need to use the nail as the spring is to attach to its attaching point, then work out the rest into place from outside in. 1 min the most to get all done!
everyone do this man a solid and click on the ads before his video so he can get a bit of his much deserved moneys for being so fucking brilliant. great job. times like this is when I love living in the information age.
Thanks mate
Thank You!
I was trying for 5 hours and then watch your video and on my fourth attempt I successfully installed
Brilliant!!!!! I knicked a few fingers trying to get my spring into the tiny housing of my Tecumseh rototiller. I tried the other ways (videos) first. FAIL!!!! Thank you. SUCCESS!!!!!
Thanks for this. You just gave me an afternoon
Are you serious? I just broke the end off mine, fighting twice as hard and using electrical tape. no editing needed. your human too, even with the fancy trick...which I'll be using. excellent info and vid
Thanks for posting your video. Got so frustrated trying to install the recoil spring on my hedge trimmer that I took in to have it fixed. Surfing found your vid, picked up the trimmer and 30 minutes later all worked well again.
Thank you. I had spent more than two hours trying to coil the spring. Then I watched your video and had it in it's casing within 5 minutes. Fantastic - very happy.
Thank you for sharing this. Helped me out big time today!
nice tip! heres another one , make a loop with the 2 ties and sling it up your arm ' the arm that you are going to recoil the spring with " then when it comes time to put ties down you have it ready to slide off your arm an round the coil with out having to fiddle with the ties .
ai loviu
Great job
thanx for the vidieo, after an hour of pure frustration I found your vidieo, simple and effective...😊
You’ve just saved the remainder of my salt n pepper hair from turning all salt and no pepper. Cheers, mate!
Thanks alot
Dude that is genius i just did it for my 01 Polaris sportsman 400 and it worked like a charm
I lost an eye because of this video. I'm joking thanks for the help.
HO LEEE SHAT I ALMOST WENT ON A MASS SHOOTING AT THE BOAT MOTOR SHOP THE NEXT MORNING FOR ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OF THE DIFFICULTY!!!!!!!!
Just used this today. Ended up not needing the zip ties, just having a solid platform to wind the spring with and a nail to hold it in place was enough.
Thanks
Thanks a lot. Will bring the spring back into my chainsaw tomorrow 🫣
Thanks!
i knew someone must have figured this out...tried for 5 minutes then turned to the interwebs--thanks!!!
good video realy did help i tried and tried for 5 hours and cut my hand open trying but did not give up so i googled this video and i thought i give this a try and it worked good explanation too thanks:)
Really helpful. I wish I saw this video before I tried (and failed) the dozens of other suggestions.
I just had to fix my hedge trimmer. I used your method. Thanks for posting. It did take three attempts but I got it back together. Dave
British engineering at its prime, brilliant.
Zip tie engineering at It's prime,brilliant.
I don't know. but I would guess yes. But you will probably find that the spring is broken & needs to be replaced. Good luck
Worked great!! Had been trying for a hour by hand with no luck.
LOVE IT, saved me houuuurs! Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
I used your technique few minutes ago, You helped me a lot. Thank you
thanks alot buddy, i got a spring in work shop i need to fight with but this way looks alot easier
Noticed you didn't "edit that bit out" LOL. Seriously though, nice video thanks for making a frustrating job much easier. :)