Pull cord 9.5 Evinrude

[mrbell83]

Hello fellow Iboaters, Happy spring to all! The start of another year of boating here in Michigan, life is good. Anyway, my question today is I started my motor yesterday to run out all the fogging oil and make sure it was all ready for fishing next week. When I was starting it I noticed that it is really hard to pull, it isn't the motor becasue I took the hood off and wraped a piece of rope around the fly wheel and it was much easier to pull start. Is there something that I can do to make th pull start work better?!?!? Pulling the darn thing a dozen times just about killed me lol.<br /><br />Thanks guys.....CB

 

[ezeke]

Re: Pull cord 9.5 Evinrude

The service manual says: <br /><br />"NOTE Do not lubricate pinion gear spring or spool. Oil or grease here will attract dirt, causing the pinion to bind on spool."<br /><br />This may be part of the problem, WD40 can usually help to clean it.<br /><br />Inside the shaft, the recoil spring may be stuck in old grease as well. I don't know if you can reach it with WD40 or not, but it is worth a try.<br /><br />I would highly recommend that you not try to disassemble that starter without a manual.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[mrbell83]

Re: Pull cord 9.5 Evinrude

Thanks for the tip, I will give it a try tonight.