so i have 3 of these i get to rebuild, purchased the kits from ebay got pretty good deal on them i think seeing as from honda they would have been 190.00 each, anyways, i have one spring that i dont know what to do with, and the honda site dont even show it in their drawings online, so i thought i would poll the 3 wheel crowd and see if any of yall know , i would have to call it a ring spring due to the fact that it can slip on your finger and only has 2 to 3 coils then it has little ears that poke up the entire thing is about the size of a nickle and the little ears would be at approx 11 and 1 o'clock when looking directly at it...i know confusing sounding, maybe you have an exploded view from a manual you could share with me, i appreciate anything you can provide in advance, thanks

 

that's the spring that goes under the part that is directly under the E-clip...it slides it back when u release the pull rope to close the small ears that engage the starting basket

 

will give that a try

 

iv took my apart som many times i still rember how to do it 10yrs after my wheeler been gone. iv took a pic and added what i think your talking about. there are 3 throw out springs (shown in red). the ends are bent at 90degs on each end and go into the holes of the dawgs(shown in gray) there is a bigger spring that goes on the shaft of the recoil housing. then a d friction washer on top of the spring. then the cover plate that covers the dawgs and throw out springs. then add another d washer on top of the cover plate. and add the e-clip.hopwfully the pic helps.