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MAINTENANCE
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE
Good maintenance is essential for safe, economical, and trouble-free
operation. It will also help reduce air pollution.
To help you properly care for your mower, the following pages include
a maintenance schedule, routine inspection procedures, and simple
maintenance procedures using basic hand tools. Other service tasks
that are more difficult, or require special tools, are best handled by
professionals and are normally performed by a Honda technician or
other qualified mechanic.
The maintenance schedule applies to normal operating conditions. If
you operate your mower under unusual conditions, consult an
authorized Honda dealer for recommendations applicable to your
individual needs and use.
Remember that your Honda dealer knows your mower best and is
fully equipped to maintain and repair it.
To ensure the best quality and reliability, use only new, Honda
Genuine parts or their equivalents for repair and replacement.
Maintenance safety
Some of the most important safety precautions follow. However, we
cannot warn you of every conceivable hazard that can arise in
performing maintenance. Only you can decide whether or not you
should perform a given task.
Safety Precautions
• Make sure the engine is off before you begin any maintenance or
repairs. This will eliminate several potential hazards:
– Carbon monoxide poisoning from engine exhaust.
Be sure there is adequate ventilation whenever you operate the
engine.
– Burns from hot parts.
Let the engine and exhaust system cool before touching.
– Injury from moving parts.
Do not run the engine unless instructed to do so.
• Read the instructions before you begin, and make sure you have
the tools and skills required.
• To reduce the possibility of fire or explosion, be careful when
working around petrol. Use only a nonflammable solvent, not
petrol, to clean parts. Keep cigarettes, sparks, and flames away
from all fuel-related parts.
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
Perform at every indicated month/year or operating hour interval,
whichever comes first.
1. Service more frequently when used in dusty areas.
2. These items should be serviced by an authorized Honda servicing
dealer, unless you have the proper tools and are mechanically
proficient. Refer to the Honda shop manual for service procedures.
3. In Europe and other countries where machinery directive
2006/42/EC is enforced, this cleaning should be done by your
servicing dealer.
Failure to follow this maintenance schedule could result in
non-warrantable failures.
WARNING
Improper maintenance, or failure to correct a problem
before operation, can cause a malfunction in which you
can be seriously hurt or killed.
Always follow the inspection and maintenance
recommendations and schedules in this owner’s
manual.
WARNING
Failure to properly follow maintenance instructions and
precautions can cause you to be seriously hurt or killed.
Always follow the procedures and precautions in this
owner’s manual.
Regular Service
Period
Item
Page
Before each use
Check: Grass catcher
Check: Cutting means
Check: Operation of the
cutting-means control
Check: Engine oil level
Check: Air filter
Check: Rear shield
Check: Cutting-means bolts
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First month
or 5 hours
Change: Engine oil
First 25 hours
Clean: Air filter
1
Adjust: Cutting-means control cable
2
Adjust: Drive clutch cable
2
Every 6 months
or 50 hours
Change: Engine oil
1
Clean: Air filter
1
Every year
or 100 hours
6 month items above plus:
Check-adjust: Spark plug
Clean: Spark arrester
3
(if equipped)
Check: Operation of the
cutting-means control
Grease: Pinion gears
2
Adjust: Throttle cable
2
Adjust: Drive clutch cable
2
Adjust: Cutting-means control cable
2
Adjust: Valve clearance
2
Adjust: Idle speed
2
Clean: Fuel tank
2
Every 2 years
or 150 hours
Yearly items above plus
:
Replace: Air filter
Replace: Spark plug
Inspect-grease: Rear wheel adjuster
bushing
2
Every 2 years
Check: Fuel lines replace if
necessary
2
