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[robert@honda]

Honda offers free digital downloads of lawn mower owner's manuals...

All USA-spec consumer/residential Honda Lawn Mower Owner's Manuals can be found here:
Honda Mower Owner's Manuals (residential models)

All USA-spec commercial/professional Honda Lawn Mower Owner's Manuals can be found here:
Honda Mower Owner's Manuals (commercial models)

Need a shop manual? Honda provides these in paper format via direct sales (free shipping) on Amazon and eBay. Most mower shop manuals are about $35, and are fully illustrated.

Honda Power Equipment Shop Manuals on eBay
Honda Power Equipment Shop Manuals on Amazon

 

[bertsmobile1]

View attachment 24934Or...let this simple Vee-Belt size finder tool do all the work for you.

That is fine & dandy, if you actually have the belt and it is in a measurable condition ( no hard kinks ) and you know exactly how hard to tension the belt and how much to subtract for wear and can split the 1/2 " increments into 1/8ths which of course are 1/16ths on the belt measurer and of course the belt is less than the 110" limit of the tool.
maybe I am just thick but I never had any luck measuring fractional lengths with either of my belt tools.
Always has been faster to use an old surveyors fiberglass tape to measure the OD.
Then what do you do with odd width belts like 21/32" that Cub seem to like a lot or MTD belts that are at non standad angles ?
As every one here knows belts do not stretch ( kevlar ones actually shrink ) but wear thinner so the belt ends up falling within 2 or more different belt widths on the gauge, which one ?
Over the years I have found the only good use of the belt tool is to verify what is inside the sleeve was what the lable said it is before I fit it to the customers machine.

And of course not too many on this list would actually have a belt tool but all of us have a computer ( or bat phone ) so can access either the parts tree or ARI parts breakdowns find the OEM part number then the original belt size and then make an educated guess about the best size for the replacement belt as particularly on trade machines the pulleys can wear quite a lot requiring either a shorter or thicker than standard belt to be fitted let alone the dreaded DPO who bought the cheapest belt he could find at a trash & treasure sale to get the mower he is selling to actually sort of mow, or at very least move.

Believe it or not I ake a lot of customers from dealers who just fit the "right" belt when they service a mower then the customer ges home & finds it barely moves or does not cut properly.
So naturally the dealers tell them the mower is worn out & needs to be replaced or they need a squillion dollar set of new pulleys when in reality all that they needed was a belt 1/4" shorter than OEM to take up the wear.

 

[bertsmobile1]

And of course I forgot to mention the cheapskates who will only fit a standard ( whole inch length ) belt because it is 1/3 the price of the OEM fractions belt so ends up with excessive pulley wear from a too loose belt or wrecked bearings from using a too tight belt.
The new owner has no way of determining if what is fitted is what should be fitted.

Getting my head around belt sizes was the sole hardest part of this business, particularly as being an independant shop I originally only had my wholesalers catalogues when I started and all of them list the nearest standard size belt as "fitting" a particular application when in many cases only a fractional belt will do the job properly.
Then I spent hours thumbing through an old paper Gates catalogue ( that I bought from an op-shop) trying to find a better belt that my suppliers sent me which is a real bitch if Gates don't list all of 756 different mowers a prticular belt fits. Try and find a belt makers catalogue that still lists Ariens 900 series Flexi-Float rear engined ride ons which came with a choice a 5 engines and or 6 decks each with a different set of pullies so yes 30 different deck belts and 8 different drive belts.

 

[Jack17]

Bert,
Ah yes! Certainly for a pro-shop simple belt measuring tool isn't good enough. But I think that for a guy that is simply looking for a quick belt cross reference so he can belt-shop at local hardware store or flea-market instead of ordering online or at the dealers that tool would be very useful.

 

[jakewells]

i need a owners manual for a 1978 lawnboy 5247 there site is messed up and i would like to look through it
has to be adobe based though my computer is touchy.

 

[barneyfife]

hi all,

Just purchased a used JD La145, and was hoping someone has the service/parts manuals for it.

Thank you
Barney

 

[Rokon]

hi all,

Just purchased a used JD La145, and was hoping someone has the service/parts manuals for it.

Thank you
Barney

Hello, Welcome and sorry no one has replied sooner.

John Deere has their service and owners manuals locked down tight without paying much Wampum ($$).

Here is a link to a parts catalog that may help a little bit: John Deere - Parts Catalog

Type in your model in the search box. Click on the search result. Then click on "pictorial index" for the picture section.

Hope this helps! :smile:

.

 

[barneyfife]

Hello, Welcome and sorry no one has replied sooner.

John Deere has their service and owners manuals locked down tight without paying much Wampum ($$).

Here is a link to a parts catalog that may help a little bit: John Deere - Parts Catalog

Type in your model in the search box. Click on the search result. Then click on "pictorial index" for the picture section.

Hope this helps! :smile:

.

Thank you

Barney

 

[bertsmobile1]

Hello, Welcome and sorry no one has replied sooner.

John Deere has their service and owners manuals locked down tight without paying much Wampum ($$).

Here is a link to a parts catalog that may help a little bit: John Deere - Parts Catalog

Type in your model in the search box. Click on the search result. Then click on "pictorial index" for the picture section.

Hope this helps! :smile:

.

And because of this there is a "healthy" market for pirated JD manuals on CD or digital download on evilbay or craigs list or any other internet selling platform of your choice.

 

[Rokon]

And because of this there is a "healthy" market for pirated JD manuals on CD...

With the advent of the internet does anyone use "pirated...CD's" any more?