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Just a thought. The plastic drive shaft bushing has come out in the left drive wheel so there is a little play in axel. Could that possibly be the issue?

Looked over everything again yesterday. Tugged one the belt- pulley turns, The cable moves properly. Metal pulley is shiney so can't tell if worn. What I don't understand if that it worked great for 2 mows after I changed the belt and cable. What could have changed??

Put the old belt back on the other day with same result - slow. Like pushing a sled. Pulley clean and looked like new. What should i look for to tell .. if the pulley is worn out . I think we're close to solving my problem. Thanks again.

How to tell if a pulley is worn? Not seen that before. BTW, thanks for all your input.

OEM belt. Thing is new belt was the same as take off (part number wise) but was a bit wider. Put it on anyway and lt worked fine for those 2 mows. Is there a way to snug up the new belt?

Have adjusted the cable in multiple positions but no change in speed--still slow. Why would it work fine for a few hours then go back to one speed? How can I tell if the tranny pulley is bad? Also belt rides on the engine spindle/shaft only, no pulley like the newer hxa's. Could the belts be...

Morning all. Been repairing mowers as a hobby off and on for aver 15 yrs but I am stumped with my own mower. The mower is a 20+ yr old (~2004) Honda HRM215K2 hxa which was down to 1 speed (slow). I changed the drive belt and drive cable. For the first 2 mows it worked great (no tranny issue I'm...