Attach The Handlebar; Attach The Recoil Starter Rope - Honda HRC216HDA Owner's Manual

Attach the Handlebar

1. Align the handlebar's lower bolt holes with the holes in the handle
stay by rotating the handlebar into the operating position, and then
holding it in place. Loosely install the two 8 x 16 mm flange bolts.
The handlebar height can be adjusted to two different heights. It is
set in the highest position from the factory. To adjust the handlebar
to the lowest position, remove the two 8 x 40 mm flange bolts and
8 mm lock nuts, and then reposition into the lower holes in the
handle stays. Tighten the flange bolts and lock nuts securely.
HANDLE STAY
8 x 40 mm
FLANGE BOLT (2)
8 x 16 mm
FLANGE BOLT (2)
2. Tighten both lower handlebar flange bolts securely.
3. Lower the rear height adjusters to the lowest cutting height position
(see page 7).
4. Tilt the mower on its right side (muffler side facing the ground).
5. The handle support plates have a curvature to them (rounded on
one side and dished on the other side). The rounded side should
face toward the grass bag.
Insert the lower stud on the end of the handle support plates into
the lower holes in the sides of the mower deck, and then loosely
install an 8 mm self-locking nut on both lower studs from the inside
of the mower deck. Do not fully tighten the nuts at this point.
This side should face the grass bag.
Cross Section
View
LOWER
HOLES
HANDLE
SUPPORT
PLATE
4
LOWER BOLT
HOLE
HANDLEBAR
LOWEST POSITION
BOLT HOLE
LOWER
STUD
HANDLE
SUPPORT
PLATE
8 mm
SELF-LOCKING
NUT (2)
6. Tip the mower back onto its wheels.
7. Remove the cardboard packaging between the handle support
hangers and the handlebar.
From the grass bag side of the handlebar, insert the upper stud on
the end of each handle support plate through the handle support
hanger. Make sure the upper stud goes through both holes in the
handle support hanger.
UPPER STUD
HANDLE
SUPPORT
PLATE
LEFT HANDLEBAR
HANDLE SUPPORT
HANGER
8 mm LOCK NUT
8. Install an 8 mm self-locking nut onto each upper stud.
9. Tighten all four self-locking nuts on the handle support plate studs.
10.Position the cable ties in the locations shown.
CABLE TIES

Attach the Recoil Starter Rope

Attach the recoil starter rope
into the rope guide on the right
handle support hanger
pulling the rope through the
small gap in the rope guide.
LEFT HANDLEBAR
HANDLE
SUPPORT
HANGER
RIGHT HANDLEBAR
HANDLE
SUPPORT
PLATE
8 mm LOCK NUT
19-1/4 in (490 mm)
4-1/2 in (115 mm)
1-9/16 in (40 mm)
All measurements are
taken from the upper
handlebar bolt hole.
by
ROPE
GUIDE