How to remove the 'governor?' so that I can remove the plastic cover and replace the cord pull on Ryobi strimmer RPT2543C

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Hi Kathy - more likely than not there's a little "tab" on the end of the spring that slips it to a tab in the plastic to maintain spring tension.

These break off fairly regularly and you can easily bend the spring steel to a 90 degree to "fix it" and place it back in the tab.

I've included a teardown / rebuild video that should be very helpful when repairing your weedeater - it's a "generic" ryobi video but they're all really, really similar.

Don't be intimidated - they're super easy to work on! How to Fix the Starter on Ryobi Trimmer

There are 3 Scres that hold it in place

full choke on , push petrol bubble 5 times then pull starter cord., with luck it will kick in to life after a 20/30 secs put on half choke , run again for 30 secs the no ckoke.

The main problem with Ryobi products is that they flood very very easly. So the more time you try and pump petrol into the carb the more it will flood . If that happenes then choke off and switch off and then just pull starter cord for about 30 secs then switch on and it could start if not prime it again as above good luck

go on you tube type in " small engines Q and answers " there is a great guy on there who post videos every week(friday) .. i think there is about 73 now all you need to know ,, from how repair a pull cord on lawn mower engine to strimmers great guy ,,,.. he from canada .. i hope you find it see you

Hi Baz, i will tell you a generic way of doing this as i don't know the model of your strimmer.
on the pull cord housing you will have 3 or 4 screws to secure the housing to the motor body, undo these. the housing will lift away from the main motor body, underneath this cover you will see a spring canister, there may be a screw or clip keeping this in place or some are just secured with the outcover. remove this canister you should see a coil spring in the middle and a groove around the outside where the cord goes. you should see a knot inside the cord grove where the cord is threaded through to secure, remove thisand remove old cord. Now the trickky bit! some times it helps to have a helping had, you will need to turn the coil spring so it tights up to its full tightness, then thread the new cord into the secureing hole where the old cord was located, then when you release the spring this will coil the cord round the cord groove. replace the pull handle on the end of the cord so there is no slack and replace on to motor in reverse order. Hope this helps.

it might have a easy start that wound make it seem like its sliping.change spark plug and gap at 030.see if it helps if not rebuild carb.
good luck

Good fix, mrfixit-jerr! Also, if you remove the rear cover (4 screws) you can stabilize the crankshaft by inserting a screwdriver between the lobe of the shaft and the counterweight.

Has anyone got a spare cord Pulley for a Ryobi RCT 2800C . The engine seized but I have freed it and now see the plastic spines are damaged on the pulley. I understand the part no is Hayter 683856.

I also tried this.

1. Clean the carb wire gauze air filter behind the roto-choke knob. (undo the nut/washers & long bolt)
2. Deteremine if fuel is being fed to cylinder - Fully depress & prime the bulb about 7 times, turn to full choke. Pull start cord about 7 times. Remove spark plug see/smell fuel fumes/vapour present in cylinder
3. Determine if compression is weak - remove plug, put finger over plug port, pull start cord. Should be evident of resistance/pressure build up when cord is pulled.
4. Of course brand new plug!!! as above (I would try this first)

Hope this helps
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