HS 142 Pull start issues

[Pete Lawrence]

I was riding the other day, and when i went to start up the engine again (i have the idle set a bit too low) the chord had no feeling of weight behind it? It feels as if im just pulling the spring back, and from what i can tell, its not connected to the engine anymore.

Thinking this should be an easy fix, i tried to unscrew the three bolts holding the cover on, only to find that unscrewing them seems to do nothing, they just spin and never change...

Whats going on?

Edit: I have the cover off, and from what i can tell, it seems to be the plastic connection part off the pull start isn't connecting to the flywheels adapter thing...
Any ideas?

 

[EZMJon]

Post some pics. You may need a new pull start.

 

[Pete Lawrence]

Problem solved, i got the cover off, and found that the two alan key shaped rods inside the pull start had slid down their little track thing.. for future reference: All you need to do to fix it is to slide them clockwise up the little slope into a more vertical position.

 

[abikerider]

I had similar problems. I used a little grease on the plastic ramp those rods slide on to keep them from sticking.