Help! Rope broke on my power auger, how do I fix??

[Cyberfish]

It is my tanaka power auger motor, a buddy used it and the rope just snapped while he tried to start it on the lake yesterday! Buzzkill time!

[TyGuy02]

happened to me last year. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL! Get a replacement rope at your hardware store, length won't matter too much. If it's too long then trim it down, but too short...happened to me, just won't be able to crank too hard on it. But when you're getting the new rope on, don't mess with the recoil wheel any more than you need to. I ended up screwing up the whole recoil, and if you've never worked with the recoil good for you. good luck

[Nordern]

Unless you do this frequently it can be a real pain. I would highly suggest you find a local small engine repair shop and let them do it. They should have the rope and the price is well worth it in my opinion.

[Hookmaster]

+1

[TruthWalleyes]

Recoils will have you screaming MAD!! Then some more screaming...Maybe some bloody fingers...Little more screaming...Then you'll get it! (Hopefully you don't break the auger in the process of screaming!)

[FishGUY]

I just replace one on my LM and it was easy. A couple of screws hold on the cover where the rope and spring are located, remove then. Then measure the old one and cut a new one to the same length. I used the new rope lenght to figure out how many time it would spin the spring housing. Then rotate the housing the correct number of times, line up the holes and put the new rope though. Knot the rope and release the tension and you are done. Hope this helps.

[Down Deep]

Having tried it before my guess is you have less than a 10% chance of being successful. I ended up taking mine to a small engine shop who charged me $15 to rewind it. It took him about 5 minutes. He told me next time don't mess with it. Fortunately, I didn't break the spring.

[loosegoose]

Don't waste precious fishing time trying to fix it yourself. Some brands are easy and others are a real pain.