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Wow! I guess the recent CA ruling decided everything for them. There's so much fake engineering driving this hysteria. Just this morning I saw some videos about EV's. Truth be told the manufacture of Electric Vehicles emits far more CO2 before being manufactured than they will ever recoup...

That bearing is 13 mm ID (0.512 in) which is slightly oversized for the Honda axle. Also, it's a ball bearing, not a roller bearing. Technicality. This one might be better. R1212-2RS Bearing

I tried to upload a pic from my phone but was too large. Any suggestions?

*UPDATE* After a year of mowing, my mod is still working fairly well. I can still roll the mower easily backwards without the wheels slipping on grass. I opted for the simplest solution to start, which was to disassemble and clean up the axle on both sides, shorten the plastic bushings to...

What is the "felt mod?" I had no choice but to cut wet grass -- in spots -- today, and yes, the grass clumps in the left rear. It also escapes past the mulch plug.

Yes, I shortened the actual OEM plastic bushing. I extracted it and cut off a little more than an 1/8 in. Then I ordered 2 more Honda OEM dust seals (each rear wheel now has two seals.). The shorter bushing gave me some space on both sides to add bearing grease. This was not the first time I...

I've cut my yard half dozen times, and the wheels still roll backwards easily. My initial fix was simply to leave the adjuster alone, shorten the bushing to allow space for grease on both ends, and add a second dust seal on the axle.

Civic, you said, "if you look hard enough you can find a 1/2 by 3/4 seals." I tried a couple times, and gave up. Any suggestions of where to look "harder?"

Thanks Briantii. To your 1st point, I wasn't sure if anyone had tried to add a 2nd dust seal, shorten the bushing, and packed with grease. I'll have to wait a few months to test it out. To your 2nd point, using any bushing/bearing/sleeve with a different OD will create issues with the dust...

I took my oldest mower all apart, cleaned it up, shortened the bushing inside the adjuster, then added a 2nd dust seal on the wheel side, using the 0.1 inch gap on both sides of the bushing to pack with grease. It was a minimalist method. Cleaned up the axle with sandpaper and coated with...

The most interesting guy in the world . . .

Thanks civic. I should have hung out at the forum and done some "product development" with ya'll. I'm reading thru this thread a 2nd time. I had 3 mowers in pieces, but now am waiting for numerous parts to arrive.

When I throw things away, I attach the manual and spare parts.

Thanks to all for this thread. Years ago I came here and Robert the Honda guy advised me just to clean and lube that plastic bushing. Worked for only a short while. I noticed he has since vanished from sight. I am now tuning (3) HRR216VKA's (my 10yo, and 3yo, and the neighbor widow's) so I...