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#1 ·
New member here and of course, I have a problem.

After tons of research I decided on the HRX217 without Roto Stop. Unfortunately, my dealer was sold-out of that model, but sold me the Roto Stop model for the same price.

I picked up the mower just as the dealer was closing and hurried home to mow, before it rains tonight. Added gas, double checked the oil level, let the engine warm-up a few minutes and started mowing.

A few minutes into the job, the Roto Stop push button began popping up (disengaging).

Since the dealer is closed, I'm hoping someone will chime in with a photo and/or sketch of what needs to be bend and/or adjusted to fix this problem.

I did a "Search" and found a description of what to do, but the accompanying photos are no longer accessible.

Any help in getting me going before the rain and nightfall would be appreciated.

Thanks

- West Texas Ranger
 
#2 ·
Were the missing photos on here or another forum? If here I was going to see if I had any luck in retrieving them. Photobucket really made a mess of things on all forums when they decided to start charging an arm and a leg for what they had been doing for free for years. :tango_face_sad:
 
W
#5 ·
Mark:

I appreciate you getting the photos up and displaying again. It was impossible to follow the instructions without the photos/diagrams, since "colors" were noted.

I also reached out to Robert@Honda via PM and he forwarded the Honda Service Bulletin to me which shows even more information. It was marked "confidential", so I can't post the information here. If Robert is able to post it on the forum, it would be worth of a "STICKY".

I've already made the modification to my mower, but with over 2" of rain last night, I won't be able to run it through it's paces until later today.

Thanks to you both!

- WTR
 
W
#6 ·
It finally dried-up enough that I could mow today and the Roto Stop worked perfectly after the very minor modification to the engagement bar.

I have to say that the cut of this mower is heads & shoulders above any other mower I've owned in the past 44 years. It also did an excellent job of catching the clippings.

The only nits that I have to pick are:

The design of the mower deck rear discharge and the bag causes clippings to build-up above the bag mount area and where the bottom of the bag meets the deck. It's impossible to remove the bag without leaving a couple of handfuls of clipping on the rubber rock guard.

The Select Drive system isn't consistent. I set the knob just a little above "minimum" and the mower speed would vary by 1/2 to 1 mph at times. I found myself shuffling along on one pass across the lawn, then having to speed walk on the next.
 
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