How to remove and replace the shroud on a Honda HRX 217 - Sorry for the lousy film job

[@Drundel]

Thanks for the video. The nut and washer on my shutter arm were rusted out and this helped me take it apart and replace them.

[@stevematthews8515]

Thanks for taking the time to film what you could. It was still very helpful.

[@kirilvlastanov444]

Working on this mower is sience fiction. My belt sliped off and took me 4 hours to put it back. Honda engeneered one hell of a space ship, cuts realy good tho.

[@glenncole3379]

How about showing HOW to replace the belt? I got mine apart, but can't see any idler or method of releasing enough tension to slip a new belt on.

[@marknye51.thefixitguy]

question:? the lever to mulch and bag is not attached to the deflector. It looks like there should be some type of spring or rod that controls the plastic deflector. Can you show the process to hook that up please. I have the same mower. thanks Oh i see how that deflector works. I see the part i'm missing thanks for the great video

[@pgreenx]

Thanks . What a pain getting that shroud off that connects to the bag/multch adjuster without any guidance. This was very helpful. Anyone complaint should probably not be working on anything. Mechanical.

[@dehtrader]

Great, glad it helped some.

[@RotiPani75]

Great video. Cleared some things for me!

[@RidgePowerEquipment]

Glad it helped!

[@paulwilliamson2067]

True enough, repair of almost anything on this mower requires near total disassembly of nearly everything. I know because I had to replace the transmission on mine last fall. The disassembly is not intuitive without the guidance of a shop manual. And if your mower is more than a couple years old, then most of the bolts and cowling pieces will have to be replaced as well. I'm not certain that Honda hasn't intentionally designed this "Rubic's Cube" in order to discourage home repairs.

[@briankelley617]

This HRX217 Nexite is a throw-away product after 5--7 years. My 2013 Nexite deck burst a hole on my lawn after 9 seasons. Stress cracks in the material. The material becomes brittle. The "LifeTime Warranty" is patently uncollectible and a fraud. Honda sells these as premium 25 year+ machines based on their halcyon days of 80s-90s truly quality machines, and peoples' ubiquitous willingness to recapitulate "HONDA THE BEST!!!" And many people just parrot it and do not mow, own a mower or own a property. Honda has you coming and going with expensive parts, breakable parts, shop manuals, parts manuals. I am rebuilding mine with a new Nexite deck I paid $212 for. Got something useful just now from this video on the shutter arm. You have no choice but rebuild the machine when a deck breaks. Or I suppose you could "dump it" in a renegade operation at Home Depot! There are bazillions of these HRX and HRN for sale on Facebook Marketplace alone. And you have to ask "Why do people sell the best?? Why get rid of a 25+ year machine??"

[@Funky4me21]

HONDA does not know what rust proof hardware is either. Ever bolt and nut on my 15 year old HRX217 was rusted.. The parts replacement company wanted $50 for one bolt and adapter that goes through the shroud and suppose to hold the adjustment arm. I will probably just end up screwing the discharge chute shut. No one collects grass anymore anyway

[@voltzescobar]

How can a rusted pin be taken out ? My lawnmower is running slow now, I think is because the belt is worn out, can you tell me if I'm right or the transmission is going bad ?

[@RidgePowerEquipment]

Not sure. I can't be sure what is going on. Try a hammer and penetrating fluid!

[@EBearish]

Thanks. This video helped me reattach the belt to the rear pully on my HRX217VYA. Only four hours. I'm beginning to think my old Toro Personal Pace wasn't that bad of mower. This mower is way to complicated.

[@sahmadi1000]

Obviously this mower was not made with maintenance in mind. I paid a good chunk of money for this disposable mower. Thank you for posting but it looks like too much work to change a belt.

[@RM-zy2pp]

Just changed mine not too hard at all ask me if u need help i can explain and try to help u 👍

[@polocash11]

I wanted to see how the bag / mulch was installed.

[@RidgePowerEquipment]

Filming is sometimes just an afterthought for me.

[@kenerickson3639]

Why didn't you start at the start instead at the end. It would be nice to see how everything comes off in order.

[@darrylthornton5377]

I agree Ken

[@CALVINLNIKONT]

It's a useless video! If you're going to show how to replace the belt, how about showing how you replace the belt???

[@stevematthews8515]

This guy doesn't make these videos for a living. Nor is it his job or responsibility to provide YOU with step-by-step instructions. Even the headline says "Sorry for the lousy film job". Just be thankful someone has posted a video showing how to the shrouds come apart. That being said...Thanks Ridge Power Equipment!

[@jacksherwood495]

@@stevematthews8515 Too many people make how to videos who've never done it before. However if you jump around the vid you can tell if it's informative or not

[@dehtrader]

It was really an after thought when I was already into it.

[@Retgold]

Wow....would have been nice to show things in order. Kinda started at the end and then came back to the beginning and then went back to the middle and then back to the beginning again. I'm lost!

[@RidgePowerEquipment]

Filming is sometimes just an afterthought for me. Should I delete the video?

[@fedguy9182]

One filthy mower. May cut better with all the dried glass cleaned out underneath.

[@DerekFromBK]

Well how about changing the damn title of the video to "How to remove and replace the shroud."

[@DerekFromBK]

This video is not useless, it is helpful. The damn title is what is killing me. "Remove and replace HRX217 belt shroud." Even then the order of the video makes no sense. KZbin is the best resource, but for the life of me I don't understand why people go to the trouble of posting bad videos.

[@RidgePowerEquipment]

Done. Good suggestion!

[@DerekFromBK]

Excellent. LOL. I literally just finished this job and getting the mulch/bag mechanism back together is the tricky part and that is what you are showing in your video. I'm giving it a thumbs up with the title change. Thanks.

[@estrader6214]

@@DerekFromBK Well, why don't you do a video then?