Be carefull, there are no spare parts available for Spear & Jackson petrol products to the best of my knowledge (imported from china and "stickered" with a familier sounding name.... same as JCB garden products, Power Devil, etc etc etc!)

When you remove the Recoil Starter Mechanism from the engine on the underside you will see the plastic Recoil Pulley. Behind this Pulley is the Recoil Spring which is similar to tensioned clock spring. Only remove the pulley if you are confident you have removed all of the tension from the spring but in some cases you can re-thread a new cord on to the pulley "insitu" without having to actually remove the pulley. Removal of the pulley while there is still tension it may result in injury.... if your unsure, try and find a specialist who is willing to work on Spear & Jackson product as most will not.

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