Hitachi 6696572 Recoil Starter Body Assembly

The item did not match the starter for the Hitachi. This was a generic assembly and was not compatible.

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

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.

It said in the description that this fits my model blower. It did not!

Represented it to fit the model we own but it doesnt and making us pay postage to ship back for a refund.

It did not fit. No one would help to send it back. Including Amazon!

Item close but too deep on engaging cog.Send me the right one. Thanks Randy Ferrell. Here is pictures. Old on left new on right. Does not work

This was not the part I needed but by combining it with Hitachi 6696471 I was able to fix the blower.

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

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.