Install Rope - Briggs & Stratton Twin Cylinder L-Head Repair Manual

Install Rope

1. Inspect rope. Replace if frayed.
2. Insert rope through handle and tie a figure eight
knot, Fig. 8, Fig. 9.
3. Insert pin through knot and pull tightly into handle,
Fig. 10. ALWAYS SEAL BOTH ENDS OF KNOT.
A rope inserter tool may be made by using a piece of
music wire or spring wire, and forming it as shown in
Fig. 11. If re-using old rope, burn pulley end of rope
with a match. Wipe with waste cloth, using caution,
while it is still hot, to prevent swelling and unraveling.
NOTE: Check parts list to be sure new rope is the
correct diameter and length.
4. Thread rope through rope eyelet in housing and
out pulley hole, Fig. 8.
5. Tie a knot in rope and pull tight. Position knot so it
can be pulled down into knot cavity, Fig. 11.
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Fig. 8 – Inserting Rope
Fig. 9 – Tie Knot
3/32" (2.36 mm)
6" (152 mm)
FLATTEN
1/16"
1/8" (3.17 mm) (1.6 mm) DIA.
Fig. 10 – Rope Inserter
PIN
3/4"
(19 mm)
Fig. 11 – Install Rope
WOOD HANDLE
PIN
HANDLE
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