Originally Posted by madhouse74
Hi all,
hoping someone can help. My uncle has given me his mower to have a look @. I am trying to start it but when I pull it half length the cord gets violently ripped out of my hands.

Any suggestions?

madhouse74,

That is an easy one to correct. If you have changed the blades the bet is the blade plate is not secure causing kick back.

The reason for this is that the blade plate is like a flywheel and counter balance but I will leave it to grumpy to go into more detail explanation. cheers2

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Bruce


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