Ryobi 18-inch Electric Chainsaw Chain Saws "saw pulls hard" Questions

...from my hand. This saw does not have a decompression valve. Remove spark plug and starter pulls through fine. Saw has not been run recently. Check piston rings. Sounds like you have a seized

...this have caused it to carbon up. does it pull hard with Spark Plug out?Have you been using and then suddenly this happened or was the Saw stored for months and now you are finding it hard to

...Saw Rope Pulls Very Hard, what is the cause????????? Rope pulls very hard and makes starting difficult. I thought maybe the spark arrester was plugged, but I removed the muffler and it still pulled ...

...saw that is equally hard to pull and no compression release. The cure is to sell this one and find a saw with a compression release, or one that is otherwise not so hard to pull through. Good

...saw doesn't rewind the pull rope. Also the pull rope pulls hard. Took it apart rewound the spring and put the pulley with rope attached back on, with the hopes the spring would auto unwind catching ...

...pulls easily..saw worked greatall along, could this be a piston ring problem...OR? Make sure someone hasn't run this saw without the oil in the fuel mixture. It is possible it is dry and some galling ...

...hard to pull? Saw was running fine. After turning off, The handle is hard to pull(pulling against engine compression). Maybe the clutch is still engaged? Sounds like it could be seized. Have you been ...

hard to pull. when i take the spark plug out it is easy to pull. the saw was not used for about 4 years until yesterday. it ran for about 45 minutes fine. later in the day when i tried to start it the

HARD towards the back of the saw. It should move a bit ant you may hear a click. The chain should now move. If the chain moves easily when the saw is not running, but doesn't move when you rev the saw

...hard starting saw.There is a seal that goes bad and leaks chain oil into the crankcase.This will make it very hard or impossible to pull the starter rope. To start the saw,pull the spark plug, stand ...