Hitachi 6696572 Recoil Starter Body Assembly

Mine had the wrong coupling for my blower. Caution, one bad move and the spring will unravel and youre done. Thats why I didnt return it... Not as easy a swap as I hoped, and Im an experienced mechanic.

Even though I did my research and looked at the diagram of parts, this recoil starter did not fit my leaf blower.

Was supposed to be a made fit for my blower. Inner parts didnt match up

Excellent. Installed and was up and running in no time!

Worked perfectly.

This is not the replacement for the recoil starter for my Hitachi blower.

Looks the same until you bolt it on it don’t work

PLEASE READ after looking at other reviews. There has been a lot of negative comments about this pulley assembly not fitting the Hitachi leaf blower (model RB 24EAP). The problem is there are 2 different pulley assemblies available. Check out the parts list found here: [...] (if for some reason the link doesnt show up properly, just Google Model RB 24EAP engine tool parts list and choose the first hit) The pictures in the parts list (see attached) are actually pretty good to help in determining which pulley assembly your blower will have (why there are 2 is a mystery - but PLEASE look at this doc first) I made the mistake of looking at this doc, but only seeing the pulley pictured on top and ordering. Once I received it, I had the same frustration as Travis and others did. But then after looking into it more, I realized there are the 2 options. Dont blame Kansas Golf and Turf - theyre just shipping what you ordered. I gave this 3 stars - mostly because of the confusion that Hitachi brings for having 2 different assemblies. Im sure once you get the right part - itll work as expected.

It didnt match the blower I have. There needs to be a picture of the bottom side to see if it goes with my blower.

Does not work on the advertised blower and they want you to pay shipping to send it back.