Recent content by WhidbeyTomas

Sorry guys. My last report was based on what I was told by my local repair man. I trusted that he knew what he was doing. He has had my mower for more than a month now. After ordering the above mentioned part and finding no change in the result, he took to ordering several other parts, including...

People, please forgive me for leaving you stranded with no follow-up. I had to punt to my local repair man. For some reason, others had the same idea (you'd think it was spring). It seems that the problem was damage to the two inner halves. The one with the groves. Replacing those did the...

Definitely spins around. I am careful to put the pin in the lower grove, but the top groove is difficult to monitor, since the two halves are apart before squeezing together.

Actually, Google didn't make them smaller, but found a free app to do it. Here ya go (still think the video would give you a clearer understanding in less than a minute).

Images are probably as obfuscating as my description, but give them a try. I've named the images to hopefully help. Unfortunately, all my images are too big to upload. Zipped together or individually, too big. I'd normally import these to Photoshop and optimize them, but my Photoshop is cuput...

Thanks guys, I am sorry if it seemed like I was ragging on the community, that wasn't my intent. It was more about my experience. Information about this "smartdrive" actuator seems to be restricted to manuals for authorized Honda service centers. Thank you for the reality check. I do have...

This reminds me of the old days with a CB radio. Lots of chatter, but I could never get anyone to respond. I'm sure people would respond to this post, if actuator information wasn't classified. It seems to me that the actuator might require that the opening for the pin be positioned left or...

Talk to the people who do returns at Home Depot, Lowes, and like that. At Home Depot, I took back lots of yardman and Toro, but not one Honda. That is a good measure of initial satisfaction. Then look to repair people for information on durability. I hate mowers that are designed to drive you...

Link doesn't work I agree. Doing returns at Home Depot, I had far too many Toros return for gross quality issues. Never had a Honda come back.

I know..nice trick. This past week, I found that the drive stopped responding to the actuator. I didn't know what I was doing, and with a big lawn, I was desperate for an easy quick solution. I took the actuator apart, hoping that the clutch cable had simply come loose there. Then I panicked...