Service And Adjustments - Craftsman WEEDWACKER 358.798430 Operator's Manual

SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENT
STARTER ROPE (Fig. 21, 22 & 23)
DANGER:
DO NOT REMOVE THE RETAINING TAB
AND SCREW OR THE PULLEY. THE
SPRING BENEATH TIIE PULLEY IS
UNDER TENSION AND CAN FLY OUT
AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. IF ANY
PART OF PULLEY HOUSING ASSEMBLY
IS DAMAGED (OTHER THAN ROPE), DO
NOT USE UNIT.TAKE IT TO YOUR SEARS
SERVICE CENTER/DEPARTMENT.
FRONT
SHROUD
NOSECONE
:SHROUDSCREWS
• Disconnect spark plug wire,
• Remove the screw and nut from the throttle trigger
housing.
° Hold throttle trigger away from the foam grip and
remove the barrel end of the throttle cable from the
throttle trigger.
• Carefully pull throttle cable out of foam gdp,
• Remove tube from nose cone.
. Remove Rose cone screws.
° Remove clutch shroud screws.
° Separate nose cone from engine,
° Remove the rope retainer screw and remove any
remaining rope.
° Turn pulley clockwise as far as it will go.Then, turn the
pulley counterclockwise until the pulley notch is aligned
with the housing notch. Next, turn the pulley one com-
plete turn counterclockwise until the notches are
aligned again,
• Insert the small hex key into the hole formed by the
notches to hold the pulley in position.
° Use a 42" length of replacement rope.
° Move away 10 feet (3 meters) from the fue! tank with
the replacement rope. Use a match and melt both ends
of the rope to prevent fraying.
° Insert one end of rope through handle and secure with
a knot. Leave a 3/16" pigtail behind knot.
° Insert the other end of the rope through the rope exit
hole into the inside of the housing, into the pulley and
up through the pulley hole,
° Wrap rope counterclockwise around the pulley ratchet
and tuck loose-end under rope where it comes out of
the pulley hole. Leave a 1" tail laying flat on top of the
pulley between the retainer rib and the retainer screw/
post.
° Install the rope retainer screw in the screw post.
° Pull firmly on the rope to tighten it against the pulley
ratchet. The rope tail must not extend beyond the
raised circle on the pulley to prevent interference with
the retaining tab.
• Hold rope taut at rope exit hole so it will not move;
remove hex key.
° Slowly feed rope into the pulley housing.
• To reassemble, reverse the above steps.
WIRE
Figura 21
I_q_.-,.;ROPE
RETAINER SCREW
PULLEY
Figura 22
RETAINING
TAB AND
5/32"HEX
PULLEY
RIB
PULLEY
RATCHET
CIRCLE
NOTCH
Figura 23
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