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    Cameron Buchina
    I have a Husqvarna 223L. It has not been starting reliably...escalated
    Service & Maintenance Question posted June 15, 2013 by Cameron Buchina 
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    I have a Husqvarna 223L. It has not been starting reliably for the past month or so. Today I tried to crank it up but noticed the flywheel is not spinning when I pull the string. I have taken the trimmer apart and was able to remove the nut holding the flywheel on with my finger. I figure that would be the problem. I noticed that there is a groove in the crank shaft but do not see any sort of locking pin that would hold the fly wheel in at a certain slot. The center on the flywheel where the shaft comes through is smooth. I'm not sure if there should be a notch in it to line up with the groove in the shaft or not. Can you please let me know if there is supposed to be a pin or a notch in the flywheel to line it up, or if not, how to set the flywheel so that the timing will be correct.

    Thank you
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    • Cameron Buchina

      This is a picture of the flywheel

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    • brandon m

      Same thing happened to my flywheel.. Yes there is supposed to be a grove where the flywheel will line up one the crank shaft Slot/ groove.  The whole flywheel is cast aluminum with a key/ slot cast into it. with no replacement "Key" Pretty Junk Huh??? Mine is just a smooth as can be.I hads a similar problem when trying to fire off/crank  it would back fire. After cleaning carb checking for fire, ETC. I took it apart with a buddy that used to work on these for a living.  I just priced one for mine and it was 37$ is the cheapest I have found thus far.

      Echo's Have a key you can Replace. It is funny how cheap made it is

      Let me know if you found it somewhere cheaper

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      • Cameron Buchina

        Thanks for the response.  Agreed, JUNK.  I replaced the flywheel with one I ordered off PartsTree.  I can't remember how much it cost, but I think $37 is a good deal.  After replacing it, I still had problems starting it up.  It would start right up if there trimmer had been sitting for a while, but would stall out after a few seconds.  After that I couldn't ever get it to start.  I got fed up and bought an Echo. 

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