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Don't know why I never did it that way, but I always would wrap the cord around the spool completely, then give myself enough slack in the rope to twist the spool to create the extra needed tension. Was always a pain keeping the rope wrapped. Should have just left it all slack and spin it a few more times.Easy to do but so hard to explain. There's a few vids on youtube that helped me but in the end i found my own method using a few techniques from the videos i watched. Now i treat them like glow plugs and just buy new ones after they start acting up.
Tightly coil the spring and drop it into the housing it will unwind to the size of the housing but thats okay as long as it stays coiled properly. Now have the pulley string all the way unwound and use a small flathead to manipulate the pulley back onto the spring coil (where its bent to slide into the pulley) this is the fun part. if you manage to get that far pull some of the cord out so that as you backwind the spring to add tension the cord doesn't wind up onto the pulley (it will be pinched against the casing and the pulley as you wind), you'll want to backwind it 10-12 full turns before you start to allow the cord to start wrapping around the pulley like its supposed to. if you add enough tension to the spring and you line up the pull cord to wrap back onto the pulley when you release it it will wind itself back to starting position and there should still be enough tension on it to keep it tight and not loose. Have fun!