03 rancher 350 4×4 project

Well found a deal on a nice 03 rancher. Decided to pic it up and work on over the winter. What I know it needs pull start fixed, new rear plastics, brakes all around, a battery and a carb cleaning. The front wheel has a lot of play up and down left and right. So I’m guessing wheel bearings as well.

So far I have the recoil pull start off and most of the rear plastics. New pull start is on its way. Something internally in it works when it’s off but as soon as I put it back on doesn’t seem to want to recoil or turn the gear.

Here’s the before I got into taking it apart

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