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OK. To start out, let me tell you what mower I have. I have a Honda HRX217HYA I purchased a month and a half ago. So...this is my problem. I was mowing a yard, and then I finished, so I parked my mower in the street and then I walked around the yard to make sure I cut everything. Then I started to push my mower back to my house, and right when I started pushing, I noticed that the back right wheel was squeaking. Then it got worse. By the time I got home, it was a super high pitched squeak. I noticed it squeaks more when I do a "wheelie", since more weight is on the "bad" tire. It also is a little harder to push. WHAT IS CAUSING THIS????? EASY FIX????? I LOVE THAT MOWER!!!! DON'T MAKE ME GO BACK TO USING MY OLD HRR216! HELP! :confused2:

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I would pull the wheel off and look at the bearings first.

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I have had a mower do that before and all it was is the rear drive wheels have a cover over them to protect the gears. Something got stuck in mine you may want to check that and while you got it apart you may want to spray them with an oil that does not attract dust don't use wd-40 go to a bike shop and get some oil from them. They have some really go oils. go to this site it is a parts brake down OEM Parts Hope I helped some Slammed

Carscw said:

I would pull the wheel off and look at the bearings first.

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slammed said:

I have had a mower do that before and all it was is the rear drive wheels have a cover over them to protect the gears. Something got stuck in mine you may want to check that and while you got it apart you may want to spray them with an oil that does not attract dust don't use wd-40 go to a bike shop and get some oil from them. They have some really go oils. go to this site it is a parts brake down OEM Parts Hope I helped some Slammed

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Thanks.....that is helpful. I thought it might have been something stuck in the wheel!

Would it hurt anything if I push it around the neighborhood a little tomorrow to mow a lawn or two before I try and fix it? Or should I just use my other mower.

I would do a quick look but mine did that for about 3 weeks before I fixed mine. Those covers are thin plastic. I would pull them away a little and use an air hose to blow it out you may be able to go ahead and oil it to all that is back there is gears and bushings. Just if you use wd-40 clean it off when you take it apart and us the good stuff when you put it back togother.

I think I figured out why the "wheels" started squeaking. I think it was because I had just started using a bungee-cord to strap my blower to the mower handle when I push it around the neighborhood. I had only done that maybe 5 times, but apparently the extra weight on the back tires just was too much. So now I have to find another way to get my mower, blower, and weedwacker around the neighborhood. Would there be a way to strap the blower to ME? On Monday we are going to take the Honda into the shop to get fixed......hopefully it won't take too long....I don't like using the HRR! :frown:
But back to the blower-on-the-mower thing, it was pretty cool! Since more weight from the blower was on the back tires (which eventually made the tires squeak), it was easier to turn around corners going to the yard I was mowing since the weight is towards the back. But I think the negative of ruining my mower is worse than the positive of easier turning!

lawn mower fanatic said:

I think I figured out why the "wheels" started squeaking. I think it was because I had just started using a bungee-cord to strap my blower to the mower handle when I push it around the neighborhood. I had only done that maybe 5 times, but apparently the extra weight on the back tires just was too much.

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I doubt that is the cause of the problem. The blower weighs only about 10 pounds, and you put more load on the rear wheels when you push down on the handle to raise the front wheels when turning around. The rear wheels have ball bearings that are probably rated for hundreds of pounds of loading. If the problem is with the bearing, then it either needs lubrication or is faulty. My little WORX electric mower wheels squeek like heck, and it's just because they rub on the supports.

MowerMike said:

I doubt that is the cause of the problem. The blower weighs only about 10 pounds, and you put more load on the rear wheels when you push down on the handle to raise the front wheels when turning around. The rear wheels have ball bearings that are probably rated for hundreds of pounds of loading. If the problem is with the bearing, then it either needs lubrication or is faulty. My little WORX electric mower wheels squeek like heck, and it's just because they rub on the supports.

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OK.....but I am still going to get it fixed because it bugs me!! :biggrin:

Now that I think about it, I am wondering if I even should take it in. Because I was mowing a lawn with my HRR216VKA, and then when pushing it home, I realized it had squeaky wheels also, I just don't care, because it is so old. Should I be worried about my HRX217 and take it in or not??

Just take it in if you have the $$ to spend.:confused2:

slammed said:

Just take it in if you have the $$ to spend.:confused2:

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Yeah.....but I have a lawn care company, and I don't want to use my other mower...I had to use it today, and UGGGG! Right now I wish I was only using it as a homeowner so I could take it in for even 4 days and have it back before it needed to be used!

It doesn't squeak anymore!!! :cool2:
And we didn't even have to take it in to the shop!!! This is what we did: we put 3-in-1 oil in the right axle bushing. And it worked. While we had it tipped over, we found out that there was also a lot of string wrapped around the axle, just like on the other mower. But it is good now! So we put the oil in and I pushed the mower around to try to get it worked into the bushing.....it was still squeaking. I pushed my mower to the next house I had to do....and it was STILL squeaking. But then I noticed at the house that when I turned around, it didn't squeak. I was hopeful! And then I pushed it home....and NOTHING! It sounded like new! 3-in-1 oil is my new best friend! And it saved me money!!! WHOOOPPPPEEEEE! :cool2::cool2::cool2Do I sound happy?:laughing :banana::banana:
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Close to one year later....

The OTHER wheel was now squeaking! Which was a pain because we had to tip it on the left side to get to it. So I turned off the gas valve and ran the gas out of the carb and then tipped it that way. But the 3-in-1 oil we had could not reach the left axel bushing (the transmission and other things were in the way). So we got new oil with a bendable nozzle to get to it. It stopped squeaking! It was really noisy until now! Pushing this mower really takes a toll but it was only around $2 for the oil. :thumbsup: