Maintenance - Honda HRS536C5VKEA Owner's Manual

MAINTENANCE

THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE
Good maintenance is essential for safe, economical, and trouble-free
operation. It will also help reduce air pollution.
To help you properly care for your mower, the following pages include
a maintenance schedule, routine inspection procedures, and simple
maintenance procedures using basic hand tools. Other service tasks
that are more difficult, or require special tools, are best handled by
professionals and are normally performed by a Honda technician or
other qualified mechanic.
The maintenance schedule applies to normal operating conditions. If
you operate your mower under unusual conditions, consult an
authorized Honda dealer for recommendations applicable to your
individual needs and use.
Remember that your Honda dealer knows your mower best and is
fully equipped to maintain and repair it.
To ensure the best quality and reliability, use only new, Honda
Genuine parts or their equivalents for repair and replacement.
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Improper maintenance, or failure to correct a problem
before operation, can cause a malfunction in which you
can be seriously hurt or killed.
Always follow the inspection and maintenance
recommendations and schedules in this owner's
manual.
MAINTENANCE SAFETY
Some of the most important safety precautions follow. However, we
cannot warn you of every conceivable hazard that can arise in
performing maintenance. Only you can decide whether or not you
should perform a given task.
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Failure to properly follow maintenance instructions and
precautions can cause you to be seriously hurt or
killed.
Always follow the procedures and precautions in this
owner's manual.
Safety Precautions
• Make sure the engine is off before you begin any maintenance or
repairs. This will eliminate several potential hazards:
– Carbon monoxide poisoning from engine exhaust.
Be sure there is adequate ventilation whenever you operate the
engine.
– Burns from hot parts.
Let the engine and exhaust system cool before touching.
– Injury from moving parts.
Do not run the engine unless instructed to do so.
• Read the instructions before you begin, and make sure you have
the tools and skills required.
• To reduce the possibility of fire or explosion, be careful when work-
ing around petrol. Use only a nonflammable solvent, not petrol, to
clean parts. Keep cigarettes, sparks, and flames away from all
fuel-related parts.
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MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
Interval
Before each use Inspect the cutting means (page 13)
Check the cutting-means bolt (page 13)
Check the engine oil level (page 6)
Check the air cleaner (page 7)
Check cutting means stopping time (page 12)
First month or Change the engine oil (page 11)
5 hours
Adjust the Smart Drive control
First 25 hours Clean the air cleaner element
Adjust the Smart Drive control
Every 50 hours Change the engine oil
Clean the air cleaner element (page 11)
Adjust the Smart Drive control
Every 100 hours Check-adjust the spark plug (page 11)
Check-clean the spark arrester
Check cutting means stopping time (page 12)
Check the flywheel brake pad
Adjust the valve clearance
Adjust the idle speed
Clean the fuel tank
Grease the pinion gears
Adjust the Smart Drive control
Every 150 hours Replace the air cleaner filter (page 11)
Replace the spark plug (page 11)
Inspect-grease rear wheel adjuster bushings
Adjust the Smart Drive control
Every 2 years Check the fuel line and replace if necessary
1. Service more frequently when used in dusty areas.
2. These items should be serviced by an authorized Honda servicing
dealer, unless you have the proper tools and are mechanically
proficient. Refer to the Honda shop manual for service procedures.
3. In Europe and countries where machinery directive 2006/42/EC is
enforced, this cleaning should be done by your serving dealer.
Failure to follow this maintenance schedule could result in
non-warrantable failures.
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