Took it apart cause it didnt recoil (2001 Kodiak) and now its in pieces, I remember spending hours on a snowmobile one befor. Any tricks to this or some write up about it somewhere.

 

i saw an entire replacement reel and coil for one. i need one, mine doesnt like to retract. what sucks is i cant remember where in the hell i saw the entire assembly. i did find the replacement reel on bikebandit.com but sometimes its the recoil assembly that goes bad. i know they sell blockoff covers so we can totally remove the pull start, but that defeats the purpose of having 2 ways to start these quads.

 

Well I just spent an hour and got it to work but it doesnt retract all the way, but does the trick. Just a note you need 2 people to do it, at least I did.

 

search Ebay for a yahama recoil starter. i saw the spring there for 11 bucks yesterday.