Super EZ recoil spring

[joevt]

My starter rope won’t stay tight. I tightened up the spring to get it back in the housing, but after 6-12 tugs the rope is flopping again. I’ve had it apart and from what I can tell it’s reinstalled correctly. It is missing the inner shield and retaining ring shown on the Ipl. Does have the outer shield.

Do these springs fatigue over time? I just figured they could break. Or do I need to triple check it’s installed properly or does missing that inner shield affect it?

Thanks.

[bamaboilermaker]

It sounds like the little nub on the inner side of the coil spring is not staying engaged to the recoil lock (65102). i had a similar problem using an aftermarket spring (Rotary) which did not have the same inner diameter without tension on the spring.