Starter Rope Installation; Recoil Starter Checking - Yamaha F20A Service Manual

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RECOIL STARTER

Starter rope installation

1. Install:
Starter rope
Installing steps:
Tie a knot on the end of the starter
rope.
Wind the starter pulley 1 counter-
clockwise until it stops.
Turn the starter pulley clockwise until
the rope hole a and recoil starter
roller b align. Hold the starter pulley
at this position.
NOTE:
If the starter pulley is turned less than 90˚
(from where if stopped to where the rope
hole and roller align), turn it one-full turn
clockwise until the hole and roller align
again.
Insert the starter rope through the
rope hole and feed it past the recoil
starter roller as shown.

Recoil starter checking

1. Check:
Recoil starter operation
Rough operation → Repair.
NOTE:
When checking the recoil starter operation,
push the start-in-gear-protection-device
lock cam and then pull the recoil starter
handle (at the same time).
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