Lost a few hours with trying to fix the spring. Then I decide to search RUclips. With this 12years old trick I was able to fix it in a few minutes. Thanks man 👍🏻
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.
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.
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.
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 can't tell you how much your video helped me replace the unwound recoil spring on my Poulan chain saw.. I was prepared to spend about four hours doing it and after watching your video I did it in about 10 minutes! Thanks so much!
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.
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!
I just wasted 2 hours fighting with the spring, came in from garage and saw your video and then did my johnson outboard in 5 mins.....you have just saved me a load of hassle. Many many thanks.
I am a small engine tech & I am impressed! Very, very good! My hat is off to you. My next spring screw up, I will use this operation. Take care & God Bless.
Based on your video, I was successful in rewinding the sping on my Honda 165 cc lawnmower engine. I had to make the centerpiece referenced in your video. To do this I extensively modified the center of an old recoil housing. It took me only about an hour to return the spring into its housing. I used a longer tie, so I only need one. To avoid the nail head, I drove one in from the bottom of the board that I mounted my "winder" on. This is a "keeper" tool for the next time I need it. Thanks!
I removed my spring from my Homelite and your video was very helpful. I too took hours trying to get it back in until I came across your video (as per my wife's suggestion...hmm). Thank you!
You Sir.....Are a Genius!!! I tried to start my boat motor this weekend. To my horror the cord came off in my hand! During the process of replacing the cord, the spring flew out at me!! I tried your technique. It worked the second time around. The first time i tried it, the coil hung up on the nail head. I cut the nail head off prior to the second attempt. It worked great!! Let me know if you are ever in Florida. I'll buy you a Pint!! Thanks Again!!!
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
Me too! my chain saw broke and I spent about an hour or so before I gave up. I was looking for a shop when I decided to type in the question. this was the only video that helped. My fingers are still sore, but my chain saw is fine !!!!! thanks!!!!! from richmond V.A. USA
Absolutely brillient !!!! I also tried for hours without success then found your little video and Bing success in a few minutes. I used a screw instead of the nail wich made it easier to remove and I was lucky enough to have a cable tie which was long enough, only one needed. Many many thanks
thanks for taking the time to make the video, i tried all sorts of techniques which the spring objected to strongly and danced around the workshop, however i finally tamed the beast using the cable straps as recommended, cheers mate..
Ok I can honestly say you saved my family's life. the spring came out while repairing my chainsaw recoil. I had been trying to manually recoil into the housing with "little" success and becoming increasingly frustrated!!!!. found your video and was successful on second attempt. Thank you
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.
Working on autos all my life, there is a hard way and easy way to do a repair . I look at the job and pray i do it the easy way but sometime get sidetrack...lol
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!
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
You have the best and quickest process I have seen yet to redo the springs in a recoil that has had their spring released! Great instructional video! I have two that I am going to do this way tomorrow! Thank you for posting your learning experience on the You Tube!
Thanks so much for the video. At least I spent only one hour before giving up and looking for a video how to. I'm looking forward to attempting it tomorrow. GOOD JOB!!!!!!
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 !
Thanks for sharing your little trick....I thought I was finished when the coil spring unraveled off my leaf blower when I was changing the starter pull cord. After unsuccessfully trying to rewind it by hand I was hoping maybe someone was kind enough to post something on RUclips......you saved me a lot of time.
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
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.
superb suggestion.. worked 3 days with much frustration and now its as simple as pie(which i dont bake cause i burn everything) .. you rock... good job..
I used this tip a couple years back, worked a treat. Just been battling with another recoil spring and very glad I remembered your video as its just helped me again! Very pleased you uploaded this tip, it has helped me no end!!!
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.
Excellent video. I appreciate the unedited version, because I would certainly have made the errors and then invented words. I was impressed enough to reload the video in order to click on the ad.
This is amazing....I fiddled with the spring on my chain saw for about an hour before I found this video. My local lawn mower shop ( that is a 30 min drive away) wanted to charge me $12 just to put the spring back in. Thanks so much for posting. This saved me time and money.
BRILLIANT!! It took me a few of tries to get it, winding was the easiest I had ever seen... back in the housing was the trickiest part. All tolled took me 30 min. to get it up and running again. don't know how I could have done it w/o this vid. Cheers!
The spring on my Stihl KM55 unwound to great effect, I tried all sorts of crazy ways to recoil it but got into a complete mess so I eventually resorted to youtube and this video. I made a cup of tea, thought about it for 10 minutes and went for it. Took me all of 2 minutes to get it back into the machine so a perfect result. Having seen the trouble he was having with the nail I decided to grind the head off of a nail first which made it double easy. Hooray to cable ties I say. Thanks for the video, nice work. Rich
Thank you for your video it is the best. I have been to Home Depot and they wanted to charge me for parts and service. I am so glad I came home and watched you.
great video, i do lots of small engine repair on the side and my hands ache like crazy recoiling these. i just want to say thank you, this was a great method and i got it done saving me the hand aches and frustration. kudos to you for working smarter and sharing the good info
You sir, are a mechanical genius! it worked like a charm and only took a few minutes after quite a bit of frustration trying my own ways. Thanks very much for sharing!!!
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!!
I've spent 5-6 hours trying to get the spring back into my chainsaw and I was JUST about to buy a new one before I saw your video. 5 minutes, and the saw is back together again. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Like you, I spent several hours attempting to do this by hand - IMPOSSIBLE! I found your video on my first search, and your British ingenuity saved the day - it worked just like you described it. I used a "finish" nail with a small head to allow the tie to fit over the head of the nail. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU 'ol boy for ending the frustration of this mundane task! Best Wishes from Atlanta, GA USA.
I'm very happy it helped. That is what I was hoping for when I posted it up here in the fist place. But I must say that after getting all these hits and comments, I really do with I'd edited the video a little :-)
Thank you so much! I hate being defeated by these things. After two hours of trying, I came indoors to see if there was a replacement for the whole unit. Yes, but expensive and hard to get! Then I remembered the glory of the internet. Someone else must have had this problem and solved it. So I found your video and on the second attempt I got the spring back in. (15 mins) Money saved and that wonderful sense of satisfaction from sorting something out myself. Thank you again!
Thanks so very much!! My auction saw for $30.00, now is worth at least $100.00. Awesome idea and I bookmarked it for future reference. You made my day!!
just wanted to say thanks alot for the vid. I spent hours fighting mine then searched for a video and found yours, it still took me three attempts but I finally got it. you saved me 40 bucks bro thanks have a good one
omg i love you. After 3 hours of screaming trying to compress the spring for my quad... i came up here and somehow found your vid. .. after seeing your vid and your idea i got it done in less than 30 minutes. I love you right now! thank you so much!
WOW! By far the EASIEST way to do it! I wish I'da known this YEARS ago! Thank you Lennie! YOU ROCK!!!! I can now work on chainsaw pull starts without fear & loathing!
Excellent post! Many thanks. Like you, I was trying to hand wind the darn thing for several hours. The one thing I didn't think about was why the spring unsprung to begin with. The outer hook had weakened and wouldn't hold. I ended up doing the recoil twice after it failed a second time!
Thank you so much for posting this! This looks like the most efficient method of recoiling pull-start springs from the videos I have seen here on you tube!
What a great tip!!! Wish I found this sooner. Like you said early in the video it tooks hours fighting to get it together. Now if need arises again only minutes to get er done. Thank you.
Great video, it help solve the problem some many people run into when dealing with these springs. Trying to reel them by hand is a patient process that is never completed, only ending with no patience !! Great job !!
cracking job mate. i just used this method to rewind my coil spring on my evinrude outboard engine and it took me no more than 3 mins. simple fix great job !
Thanks for this video! Fixed the spring of my 2HP Johnson in 5 minutes after watching this. (Nice that you've left the little mistakes in, makes you realize that you do not have to be engineer to fix this!)
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.
Thank you so very much. I struggled for about 2 hours with my Paulen chainsaw and the spring kept... springing. I didn't use the nail or the zip ties, but using the spool to wind the spring was genius!
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.
Thank you so much! I fiddled with one of those springs for a week and i couldnt figure it out, and then i found this video, and 10 minutes later i was mowing the lawn. Thank you again!
Thanx a bunch. I just dicked around with my chainsaw pulley coil for an hour and decided to see if anyone else had an easier way. Your video was the best one for my situation and it helped me a lot.
It's me again and your video helped a bunch and I wanted to add a little advice for others trying this job. First run a screw through plywood so it sticks out 1/2 inch then its easier to slide off than a nail. Then when spring is coiled use one longer zip tie and when you tighten it keep it away from end on nail or screw. this makes it easier to push coil end into position. Thanx again
Great video. I spent over hour replacing the spring that sprung out of an old chain saw. Wish I saw this sooner but I know that I will use this info at some point. Thanks for sharing.
Man- thank you for this! I spent a few hours attempting.... trying to keep my cool, almost spent $50 on a tool that would definitely fix it- you saved me time and $- fixed it in 5 minutes! Very appreciative!!!
Awesome job and suggestion. If like me, you bought a new one that sprung out before you can get it seated, I still have the original rubber band that went around the new one. It too could be used instead of the zip locks. Still this is exactly what I neeed to see. Also I was only up to about an hour of trying to re-wind it tight enough and was wracking my brain to think of a clever way to get it rewound. i figured I would check here first before spending any more time winding it. So thank you again.
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.
Brilliant! Like you I spent several frustrating hours trying to recoil that damn spring with sore fingers as well! Your method works perfectly. Only thing is I'm too lazy to make an instructional video of any kind. I'll have a beer in your honor, mate. Cheers!
tell you what, 40 yrs ago i could have used this vid. i was changin the rope on my chainsaw when the damn thing sprung. glad i found you. tysm T Keskey, Wisconsin
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.
Lost a few hours with trying to fix the spring. Then I decide to search RUclips. With this 12years old trick I was able to fix it in a few minutes. Thanks man 👍🏻
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.
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.
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.
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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 can't tell you how much your video helped me replace the unwound recoil spring on my Poulan chain saw.. I was prepared to spend about four hours doing it and after watching your video I did it in about 10 minutes! Thanks so much!
Cheers Lennie this helped me fix my pap. Spring flew across the room your method worked a treat .
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.
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!
This is fantastic, tried loads of other methods with no job, this method worked first time
I just wasted 2 hours fighting with the spring, came in from garage and saw your video and then did my johnson outboard in 5 mins.....you have just saved me a load of hassle. Many many thanks.
I am a small engine tech & I am impressed! Very, very good! My hat is off to you. My next spring screw up, I will use this operation. Take care & God Bless.
Based on your video, I was successful in rewinding the sping on my Honda 165 cc lawnmower engine. I had to make the centerpiece referenced in your video. To do this I extensively modified the center of an old recoil housing. It took me only about an hour to return the spring into its housing. I used a longer tie, so I only need one. To avoid the nail head, I drove one in from the bottom of the board that I mounted my "winder" on. This is a "keeper" tool for the next time I need it. Thanks!
I removed my spring from my Homelite and your video was very helpful. I too took hours trying to get it back in until I came across your video (as per my wife's suggestion...hmm). Thank you!
What a life saver, I used a small rope instead of the zip tie and it worked just fine. Thanks.
You Sir.....Are a Genius!!! I tried to start my boat motor this weekend. To my horror the cord came off in my hand! During the process of replacing the cord, the spring flew out at me!! I tried your technique. It worked the second time around. The first time i tried it, the coil hung up on the nail head. I cut the nail head off prior to the second attempt. It worked great!! Let me know if you are ever in Florida. I'll buy you a Pint!! Thanks Again!!!
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
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
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
Me too! my chain saw broke and I spent about an hour or so before I gave up. I was looking for a shop when I decided to type in the question. this was the only video that helped. My fingers are still sore, but my chain saw is fine !!!!! thanks!!!!! from richmond V.A. USA
Absolutely brillient !!!! I also tried for hours without success then found your little video and Bing success in a few minutes. I used a screw instead of the nail wich made it easier to remove and I was lucky enough to have a cable tie which was long enough, only one needed. Many many thanks
thanks for taking the time to make the video, i tried all sorts of techniques which the spring objected to strongly and danced around the workshop, however i finally tamed the beast using the cable straps as recommended, cheers mate..
Ok I can honestly say you saved my family's life. the spring came out while repairing my chainsaw recoil. I had been trying to manually recoil into the housing with "little" success and becoming increasingly frustrated!!!!. found your video and was successful on second attempt. Thank you
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.
You, my friend, are a genius. Thanks for turning a major headache into a easy fix.
Working on autos all my life, there is a hard way and easy way to do a repair . I look at the job and pray i do it the easy way but sometime get sidetrack...lol
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!
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
You have the best and quickest process I have seen yet to redo the springs in a recoil that has had their spring released!
Great instructional video! I have two that I am going to do this way tomorrow! Thank you for posting your learning experience on the You Tube!
Are you still alive?
Thanks so much for the video. At least I spent only one hour before giving up and looking for a video how to. I'm looking forward to attempting it tomorrow. GOOD JOB!!!!!!
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 !
Excellent video... I pissed around for an hour trying to do this -and then I watched your video and had it done in 10 minutes! Cheers!
Thanks for sharing your little trick....I thought I was finished when the coil spring unraveled off my leaf blower when I was changing the starter pull cord. After unsuccessfully trying to rewind it by hand I was hoping maybe someone was kind enough to post something on RUclips......you saved me a lot of time.
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
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!!!
Thank you so very much. Rope broke on my Echo yesterday afternoon. Found your video after tearing up my fingers trying to rewind by hand.
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.
superb suggestion.. worked 3 days with much frustration and now its as simple as pie(which i dont bake cause i burn everything) .. you rock... good job..
The True Spirit of You Tube. It took me 2 tries because if where the Zip Ties Heads ended, but it worked grate. Cheers and Thank You loads.
..i was really close to throw everything in the dustbin - you saved my day. Thank You very much!
I used this tip a couple years back, worked a treat. Just been battling with another recoil spring and very glad I remembered your video as its just helped me again! Very pleased you uploaded this tip, it has helped me no end!!!
Still you alive?
Thank you, it helped me a lot after spending hours trying other ways, thank you again and greetings from Argentina
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.
Excellent video. I appreciate the unedited version, because I would certainly have made the errors and then invented words. I was impressed enough to reload the video in order to click on the ad.
Thank you. Was having the worst time. Did this in 5 minutes. Ur vid is the best one. Props.
This is amazing....I fiddled with the spring on my chain saw for about an hour before I found this video. My local lawn mower shop ( that is a 30 min drive away) wanted to charge me $12 just to put the spring back in. Thanks so much for posting. This saved me time and money.
this was the best technique i have ever seen. it is so simple and easy. thanks for putting it up. it made me and my friends life a lot easy er tks
BRILLIANT!! It took me a few of tries to get it, winding was the easiest I had ever seen... back in the housing was the trickiest part. All tolled took me 30 min. to get it up and running again. don't know how I could have done it w/o this vid.
Cheers!
I used your technique few minutes ago, You helped me a lot. Thank you
The spring on my Stihl KM55 unwound to great effect, I tried all sorts of crazy ways to recoil it but got into a complete mess so I eventually resorted to youtube and this video. I made a cup of tea, thought about it for 10 minutes and went for it. Took me all of 2 minutes to get it back into the machine so a perfect result. Having seen the trouble he was having with the nail I decided to grind the head off of a nail first which made it double easy. Hooray to cable ties I say. Thanks for the video, nice work. Rich
Wow, You are the Man. Awesome video. Just saved me buying another spring and several hours of frustration
Thank you for your video it is the best. I have been to Home Depot and they wanted to charge me for parts and service. I am so glad I came home and watched you.
great video, i do lots of small engine repair on the side and my hands ache like crazy recoiling these. i just want to say thank you, this was a great method and i got it done saving me the hand aches and frustration. kudos to you for working smarter and sharing the good info
You sir, are a mechanical genius! it worked like a charm and only took a few minutes after quite a bit of frustration trying my own ways. Thanks very much for sharing!!!
Still you alive?
This is a great video instruction on rewinding these recoil starter springs that often come apart during repairs!
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!!
You should get an award for this!!! Thank's Bud.
I've spent 5-6 hours trying to get the spring back into my chainsaw and I was JUST about to buy a new one before I saw your video. 5 minutes, and the saw is back together again. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
You definately made my day! I'll get credit for fixing the foreman's leaf blower, but it was you, really. Thanks bunch. Jim
Worked great!! Had been trying for a hour by hand with no luck.
Like you, I spent several hours attempting to do this by hand - IMPOSSIBLE! I found your video on my first search, and your British ingenuity saved the day - it worked just like you described it. I used a "finish" nail with a small head to allow the tie to fit over the head of the nail. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU 'ol boy for ending the frustration of this mundane task!
Best Wishes from Atlanta, GA USA.
I'm very happy it helped. That is what I was hoping for when I posted it up here in the fist place. But I must say that after getting all these hits and comments, I really do with I'd edited the video a little :-)
Thank you so much! I hate being defeated by these things. After two hours of trying, I came indoors to see if there was a replacement for the whole unit. Yes, but expensive and hard to get! Then I remembered the glory of the internet. Someone else must have had this problem and solved it. So I found your video and on the second attempt I got the spring back in. (15 mins) Money saved and that wonderful sense of satisfaction from sorting something out myself. Thank you again!
Thanks so very much!! My auction saw for $30.00, now is worth at least $100.00. Awesome idea and I bookmarked it for future reference. You made my day!!
just wanted to say thanks alot for the vid. I spent hours fighting mine then searched for a video and found yours, it still took me three attempts but I finally got it. you saved me 40 bucks bro thanks have a good one
omg i love you. After 3 hours of screaming trying to compress the spring for my quad... i came up here and somehow found your vid. .. after seeing your vid and your idea i got it done in less than 30 minutes. I love you right now! thank you so much!
WOW! By far the EASIEST way to do it! I wish I'da known this YEARS ago! Thank you Lennie! YOU ROCK!!!! I can now work on chainsaw pull starts without fear & loathing!
OMG 15 years old account, still you alive?
Excellent post! Many thanks. Like you, I was trying to hand wind the darn thing for several hours. The one thing I didn't think about was why the spring unsprung to begin with. The outer hook had weakened and wouldn't hold. I ended up doing the recoil twice after it failed a second time!
Thank you so much for posting this! This looks like the most efficient method of recoiling pull-start springs from the videos I have seen here on you tube!
Why are the best ideas always really simple.......Well done my friend.Excellent !!!
What a great tip!!! Wish I found this sooner. Like you said early in the video it tooks hours fighting to get it together. Now if need arises again only minutes to get er done.
Thank you.
Cheers Lennie, straight to the point and no pissballing about. Great stuff.Thanks. Rob.
Great video, it help solve the problem some many people run into when dealing with these springs. Trying to reel them by hand is a patient process that is never completed, only ending with no patience !! Great job !!
cracking job mate. i just used this method to rewind my coil spring on my evinrude outboard engine and it took me no more than 3 mins.
simple fix great job !
Thanks for this video! Fixed the spring of my 2HP Johnson in 5 minutes after watching this. (Nice that you've left the little mistakes in, makes you realize that you do not have to be engineer to fix this!)
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.
Just had to say thank you for this. You've saved me, well, about 3 1/2 hrs. Appreciated.
Thank you so very much. I struggled for about 2 hours with my Paulen chainsaw and the spring kept... springing. I didn't use the nail or the zip ties, but using the spool to wind the spring was genius!
you're a lifesaver man. thank you for showing everyone this even after all your frustration originally trying to wrap it!
thank you very much, 2 tries but less than 5 minutes. you're the man
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.
Thank you so much! I fiddled with one of those springs for a week and i couldnt figure it out, and then i found this video, and 10 minutes later i was mowing the lawn. Thank you again!
Thanx a bunch. I just dicked around with my chainsaw pulley coil for an hour and decided to see if anyone else had an easier way. Your video was the best one for my situation and it helped me a lot.
It's me again and your video helped a bunch and I wanted to add a little advice for others trying this job. First run a screw through plywood so it sticks out 1/2 inch then its easier to slide off than a nail. Then when spring is coiled use one longer zip tie and when you tighten it keep it away from end on nail or screw. this makes it easier to push coil end into position. Thanx again
This is such an awesome video. I recommend it to people often. Thanks for posting it.
Verrrrry clever! One tie-wrap and a screw to hold the end hook and my Poulan chinsaw was revving again in five minutes!!!
Great video. I spent over hour replacing the spring that sprung out of an old chain saw. Wish I saw this sooner but I know that I will use this info at some point.
Thanks for sharing.
Man- thank you for this! I spent a few hours attempting.... trying to keep my cool, almost spent $50 on a tool that would definitely fix it- you saved me time and $- fixed it in 5 minutes! Very appreciative!!!
Awesome job and suggestion. If like me, you bought a new one that sprung out before you can get it seated, I still have the original rubber band that went around the new one. It too could be used instead of the zip locks. Still this is exactly what I neeed to see. Also I was only up to about an hour of trying to re-wind it tight enough and was wracking my brain to think of a clever way to get it rewound. i figured I would check here first before spending any more time winding it. So thank you again.
Holy unwound spring!! This was a VEEERY helpful tip!! Excellent!!!
You sir are awesome. Your video let me fix my problem quick and easy.
Also a few hours I was tired. My patent was similar to yours, they should promote your video. Very helpful!
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
Brilliant! Like you I spent several frustrating hours trying to recoil that damn spring with sore fingers as well! Your method works perfectly. Only thing is I'm too lazy to make an instructional video of any kind. I'll have a beer in your honor, mate. Cheers!
Buggered about all day with mine . . . . till i saw your vid.. Excellent.. thanks..
tell you what, 40 yrs ago i could have used this vid. i was changin the rope on my chainsaw when the damn thing sprung. glad i found you. tysm
T Keskey, Wisconsin
Thank you so much! We were trying forever before we thought to look for a video. You helped a bunch! Thanks!
Thank you! It worked for my Stihl FS106 handlebar trimmer!!! You're a lifesaver!!!
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.
Great video... I as well, worked on mine for hours too.. Your method got my spring back in its home..
Thank you..!!
Thanks for the great video showing a simple way of fixing... Been trying for some time then gave up till I seen this.
Thank you for your excellent video, to the point without any nonsense.
tried all last night watched your video this morning then took ten minutes to do Thanks