How to Replace a Lawn Mower Starter Cable for a Craftsman Mower Model 917.376150

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    • 1). Cut the string sticking out of the mower with a utility knife if the string frayed but did not break in half. Pull the string out of the black handle. You must reuse the handle.

    • 2). Remove the shroud from the recoil starter by removing the screws that hold the shroud onto the top of the mower.

    • 3). Uncoil the string and count the number of times the string coils around the pulley.

    • 4). Loosen the setscrew on the pulley with a screwdriver and then pull the pulley off the engine shaft.

    • 5). Pull the string out of the hole in the bottom of the pulley.

    • 6). Cut a piece of replacement nylon string that measures the same length as the original string.

    • 7). Tie a knot into one end of the string and then feed the string up though the hole in the pulley.

    • 8). Place the pulley back onto the mower shaft and secure it with the setscrew.

    • 9). Wrap the string around the pulley as many times as the previous string was wrapped.

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      Place the shroud over the recoil pulley. Feed the string through the eyelet hole on the shroud. Secure the shroud to the mower.

    • 11

      Pull the string up the handle of the mower and place it through the eyelet on the mower handle.

    • 12

      Slide the black T- handle onto the rope and then tie a knot in the rope. Pull the handle to sink the knot into the hole in the top of the handle.

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