Starter Reassembly - Toro AC-1 Service Manual

STARTER DISASSEMBLY AND
REASSEMBLY
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Starter Reassembly
1.
Install the starter spring into the starter housing as
follows:
a. Orient the replacement starter
spring so the spring windings are clockwise
(the open end of spring hook is to the left).
b. Grasp the spring near the spring
hook with a needle-nose pliers and
carefully
re-
move the spring retainer.
c. Place the spring into the starter
housing. Make sure the spring hook is installed
into the groove of the starter housing.
d. Make sure the spring windings are
laying flat against the starter housing around t
entire circumference of the spring. Hold the
spring in this position and carefully release the
needle-nose pliers holding the spring.
2. Insert the rope through the hole in the starter pul-
ley. Tie a single knot in the rope approximately
0.5 in. (12.7 mm) from the end.