Slightly confused at starter cord locking up.

[Stubby]

44 minutes ago, Darkslider said:

I see what you mean looking at the photos but nope both rings have their pins, gudgeon pin and circlips there, crank feels nice and smooth when rotated I really am at a loss 🤣

Perhaps all you need is a good breakfast before you pull it over ? 🙂

[bmp01]

Top marks for sticking with it, don't expect you'd get a better understanding with dealer investigation. 

Think you've shown the engine is sound now - it's not capable of random behaviour.

 

[Lee roy]

On 20/10/2022 at 21:35, openspaceman said:

I had a saw that jammed the starter occasionally and that was because the spool the cord wound on had a split and occasionally two lays of the starter cord would slip side by side on a pull and expand the reel against the case.

That's usually the goto every so often in hire letting go so it snaps back into the recoil and crosses over it's self on the odd occasion splits the rotor disc cutters especially🧑‍🏭👷‍♂️👨‍🔧👍🏻