My 13 year old Honda HRR216 mower rear wheel drive was not working anymore. It would pull intermittently or not at all.
I changed out the belt with the correct Honda replacement, thinking that it is pretty old - I can't remember the last time I changed it. This didn't help.
Then I tightened up the drive belt adjustment as far as it would go - still didn't help. I searched the internet but didn't find any good information on how to fix other than changing out the $200 transmission.
Finally I wired the drive lever in the engaged position and flipped over the mower. I noticed that the cable that activates the drive didn't seem to be very tight with the wheel drive lever engaged.
I took the handle off and drilled a new hole to make the cable about 1/4" tighter and put it back together - ureka! now the mower works again! It turns out that the handle and cable attachments had worn enough that the drive lever on the transmission was not fully engaging.
I thought I should post this information in case anyone else has this issue. This single speed mower and very similar 3 speed models have been made for many years.
I changed out the belt with the correct Honda replacement, thinking that it is pretty old - I can't remember the last time I changed it. This didn't help.
Then I tightened up the drive belt adjustment as far as it would go - still didn't help. I searched the internet but didn't find any good information on how to fix other than changing out the $200 transmission.
Finally I wired the drive lever in the engaged position and flipped over the mower. I noticed that the cable that activates the drive didn't seem to be very tight with the wheel drive lever engaged.
I took the handle off and drilled a new hole to make the cable about 1/4" tighter and put it back together - ureka! now the mower works again! It turns out that the handle and cable attachments had worn enough that the drive lever on the transmission was not fully engaging.
I thought I should post this information in case anyone else has this issue. This single speed mower and very similar 3 speed models have been made for many years.