How to Install a Starter Spring on a Weed Eater FeatherLite

Turn the starter pulley upside down to install the starter spring into the center. Feed the front end of the spring into the pulley, making sure the spring stays around the outside of the pulley.

Press the opposite end of the starter spring into the pulley once the length of the spring has entered the pulley. Apply a small amount of lubrication to the center of the pulley and the pulley's bearings.

Set the pulley onto the starter post on the underside of the starter cover. Fit the screw and washer in place, tightening the screw. Feed the starter rope in through the center of the pulley, through the starter cover and through the starter handle.

Tie a knot in both ends of the starter rope. Press down the pulley and wiggle it back and forth to set the recoil spring. Twist a loop in the unwound rope.

Turn the loop and pulley six to seven revolutions, following the arrow on the pulley. Hold down the pulley while unwinding the starter rope. Let your thumb off the pulley slowly to wind the rope back onto the pulley. Refit all other parts in the reverse order of their disassembly.