Hitachi 6684938 THB-260PFRB24E Starter Assembly

This is my fourth pull start assembly for that stupid Hitachi leaf blower. Pay attention to the direction you pull the cord or it will wear and snap against the black plastic housing. If this one fails there will be no 5th purchase, Ill leave the whole thing at the curb.

Annoying you have to replace the unit to fix a broken rope, but this works fine.

This replacement is not close to the quality of the original. It has a short pull length to start. It also squeals a good amount when you have it extended when trying to start the blower. I should have saved my money and just replaced with a true original or not at all. I would not recommend this product.

The product was exactly as specified and was extremely easy to replace the old pull start with this one.

Began to repair the pull cord on my Hitachi yard blower. Realized I hate dealing with that recoil spring assy. Found this on Amazon, ordered, received and installed and it starts perfectly again! Life is too short for these kinda hassles. Best $20 I ever spent!

Easy to install, perfect fit

I had attempted to just replace the rope which was a huge mistake. This costs a bit more but is all together with the coil loaded. It does not include screws, but I used the existing ones and it was very easy to install and my hitachi blower started right up!

Perfect fit for my Hitachi leaf blower (Model RB 24EAP) made in 2016. It is a simple replacement. As another review mentioned, I can confirm that the third letter in the serial number advises the year it was made. Example-- Serial number P364756.... 6=manufacturing year of 2016.

Worked as expected, easy install.

Well you know the story, I pulled the string out of the housing. Man!!!!!!! Well I have never liked fixing the recoil starters on lawn mowers. I must say that this starter for my leaf blower has a very small nylon line and the spring and reel assembly is small as well. After several attempts to repair I stopped. My blower had worked flawlessly for years and I knew it had more life left. I didnt want to throw it away so I started searching for the new assembly. Ordered this and replaced the fuel lines as well while I had the cover off. The blower fired up and ran as expected. Thanks for having this part in stock...