Homelite pressure washer starter string, will not retract.

SOURCE: honda pressure washer 2700psi

your inlet up in the housing may be plugged.

steve

• 181 Answers
• Posted on Jun 02, 2009

SOURCE: Starter on trimmer wont retract

i'm sorry to tell you this, you have to take take the hole recoil apart.either the spring is broken or the dog that holes the spring is not engaged.to fix it you have to take it apart.restring the rope,make sure the dog is catching the spring,rotate the recoil rotor to tension the spring,retie the handle and reinstall the recoil as an assembly.hope this helps,let me know if you have any questions...........

SOURCE: pull cord will not retract

Have to take all 3 plastic covers (housings) off to get to the spring and tie the new pull rope or change the spring. Just did mine, spring just unlatched and string wouldn't retract. Did not have to by any new parts....works great! Took me 1 hour to get it done.

SOURCE: pull rope wont retract all the way

take the rope cowling off....undo the screw slightly then turn to tighten the spring...not to much...just enough to make the rope pull back into the cowling cover.

SOURCE: I have a Homelite Mighty Lite 26cs gas weed

This is somewhat common in the the "zip start" machines. The recoil pulley is 2 plastic housings with a round coil spring between them. It is designed to need less effort to pull and start the machine. When pulled on with great effort/frustration, the middle spring bends and damages the upper housing. The only semi-permanent solution is to replace the pulley assembly. The part is relatively cheap thru Homelite.com. If you can do it yourself, go for it. A repair shop will most likely charge you $20 to $40 in labor to do this.