Replacing the rope on an ice auger?

[Reynolds]

Towards the end of last year I broke the rope on my ice auger. I know that when I went to replace the rope on my outboard motor a couple of years ago the spring came popping and I was not able to get the recoil back together. Was just wondering if the recoil on an ice auger is the same as an outboard?

[deepportage01]

yes, any shop can do it for you for about 50.00 but you can do it your self just hold the fly wheel in place when you take the cover off and rewinde rope on

[McGurk]

There have been a couple of discussions on this, it'd be worth doing a search. I remember a quite informative series of posts on strikemaster 2hp replacements.

[Dave]

I had a snowblower pull rope fixed and they only charged $20.

[love to hunt]

I do a small repair shop at home and I charge $25.00 for rope replacement on small engines. Believe me if you are not fluant in the process take it in.

[deepportage01]

man, I got ripped off the guy had it for a week and charged me $46.00 next time L2h can fix it for a 20 spot

[big musk411]

I broke mine last winter. I have a Laser Mag something. I bought a new rope at the hardware store for $3.99. I just took it a part, removed the broken rope and put the new one in. I am about six inches too long, but it works fine. I did have to cut off some plastic on the gas tank[did not cut into the tank] that had a screw through it. I am not the most mechanically inclined person, but it really wasn't that difficult. I think it took me an hour.

[perchking]

I broke mine last year during a perch tournament and I thouhgt I was screwed. I have a jiffy 10" 3hp and I fixed it in 10 minutes on the ice just using a Letherman. McGuyver I am not but it was really simple. Just make sure you dont take off the bolt that takes apart the recoil and you shoudnt have a issue.

Good Luck.

[Tony Boshold]

This happened more than once to us. I will say that the Lazer was repaired under the motors warranty free of charge. Took it to an "authorized Tecumsah service center" and they did it by the next day. I could not make it to get it before they closed and they dropped it at the tackle store next door and I picked it up from them. Couldn't have been more happy with the service.

The motors have a seperate "manufacturers" warranty.

Hope this helps, and it never hurts to ask.

[stmichael]

Lehmans in Anoka will do it. I think they were about 20.00