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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 work-
ing 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
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 countries where machinery directive 2006/42/EC is
enforced, this cleaning should be done by your serving 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.
Interval
Item
Before each use
Inspect the cutting means (page 13)
Check the cutting-means bolt (page 13)
Check the engine oil level (page 6)
Check the air cleaner (page 7)
Check cutting means stopping time (page 12)
First month or
5 hours
Change the engine oil (page 11)
First 25 hours
Clean the air cleaner element
1
(page 11)
Every 50 hours
Change the engine oil
1
(page 11)
Clean the air cleaner element (page 11)
Every 100 hours
Check-adjust the spark plug (page 12)
Check-clean the spark arrester
3
(page 12)
Check cutting means stopping time (page 12)
Check the flywheel brake pad
2
Adjust the valve clearance
2
Adjust the idle speed
2
Clean the fuel tank
2
Grease the pinion gears
2
Every 150 hours
Replace the air cleaner filter (page 11)
Replace the spark plug (page 12)
Inspect-grease rear wheel adjuster bushings
2
Every 2 years
Check the fuel line and replace if necessary
2
