How big a guy are you anyway? Are you a former football player with a 300 lb
pull and maybe you're just too rough on the machine?

"Fred McKenzie" wrote in message
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I bought one with the idea of saving the original and using the
replacement. However, when I tried to start the generator with the new
plug, the recoil starter mechanism broke!

It seems that the spring assembly was spot welded in four places to the
housing cover. I suspect three out of four welds were completely
defective, and the fourth didn't last long. It may have been the fourth
or fifth time I tried to start the generator.

I didn't want to go to the trouble of shipping a heavy generator to some
repair depot, so I took it back to Walmart for a refund. I will miss
having a generator that is just small enough to fit into the trunk of a
Toyota Corolla, yet is capable of supplying a modest amount of power.
However, another copy of the same generator, or a new recoil starter
mechanism, is likely to fail again for the same reason. I certainly can't
recommend getting one after this experience.

73, Fred, K4DII

In article , "John N9JG"
wrote:

How big a guy are you anyway? Are you a former football player with a 300 lb
pull and maybe you're just too rough on the machine?

John-

Perhaps I don't know my own strength, but it was all I could do to lift
the generator to put it back in the box. I've been starting machines with
recoil starters for 50 years, and this the first time one broke!

The spots that should have been welded were clean. There was no sign of
metal deformation either from being welded or from being torn. The
question is, what held it together for the first few starts?

73, Fred, K4DII

Spit and chewing gum?

"Fred McKenzie" wrote in message
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The spots that should have been welded were clean. There was no sign of
metal deformation either from being welded or from being torn. The
question is, what held it together for the first few starts?

73, Fred, K4DII