Briggs & Stratton 115400, Manual

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Assemble Rewind Starter (28Q700)
1. Straighten spring to allow easier
installation and restore tension.
2. Oil spring.
3. Insert either end of spring into blower
housing slot and hook into pulley ( A ).
4. Place a dab of grease ( B ) on steel pul ley.
5. Set pulley into housing. Bend tang down.
Adjust tang gap to
0.063 i n. (1.6 mm)
([ C ]
Fig. 29). Depress pulley fully into rewind
housing when measuring tan g gap.
Fig. 29
6. Place a
0.75 in. (19 mm)
([ A ] Fig. 30)
square piece of stock into center of pulley
hub.
With pulley oriented as in Fig. 29, wind the stock
and pulley counterclockwise until spring is
wound tightly and end of spring seats in tapered
hole ([
B ] Fig. 30 ) .
Fig. 30
7. Back off pulley until pulley hole is aligned
([ A ] Fig. 31) with eyelet in blower housing.
8. Install rope.
Fig. 31
9. Insert rope through housing and hole in
pulley.
10. Secure rope to pulley with overhand
knot. See SECTION 8- Fig. 3.
11. Remove pu lley lock and allow spring to
slowly retract rope into rewind starter
assembly.
ELECTRIC STARTERS
Typical starter locations ( A ) are shown for
horizontal crankshaft engines (Fig. 32) and
vertical crankshaft engines (Fig. 33).
Fig. 32