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.

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

It was the wrong part. Didnt fit my tool.

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

This recoil assembly didnt fit my Hitachi leaf blower by itself but I ordered the compatible pulley for it. Swapped pulleys on the leaf blower and it installed quickly. Works great and seems to be a better setup all around than the other.

Everything fit good,hope this time the rope last longer than new one

Should have read the reviews. I dont know why something so simple could be so wrong. Its not even close to fitting the Hitachi lower. The bolts line up but thats where they compatibility ends.

This item did not work and it was too hard to return. Never received the code from amazon to return.

How to determine if it is the right part ... From Hitachi Customer Service: When looking at the serial # on the tool the first digit indicates the month and the 2nd # indicates the year. If the 1st letter is an O N or D this indicates it is October November or December. If there is any other letter present it represents the factory where the tool was manufactured and should be ignored. I have attached the tool serial # format as well as the parts breakdown. If you look on the parts break down at # 60, 79 or 81. Item 60 includes 61-66 and they are for tools manufactured up till July 2014 60 6696572 RECOIL STARTER BODY ASSY INCLUD.61-66 TILL 7.2014 Item 79 includes 80 and 81 which also include 82-88 and are for tools manufactured since Aug 2014 79 6600408 RECOIL STARTER ASSY 1 INCLUD.80.81 80 6600407 STARTER PULLEY 1 SINCE 8.2014 81 6600406 RECOIL ASSY 1 INCLUD.82-88 SINCE 8.2014

perfect, solved my problem. First tried replacing just the cord....what a waste of time. This was as easy as 1 2 3