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QUESTION: Trying to repair a rather poorly-maintained track-type Honda snowblower. Bearings for axles are truly "shot", but should be fairly straightforward to replace. Question is really about the transmission, or what I call the final drive. This box is bolted to the right panel of the body of the blower. I have not figured out how to open up this to inspect it, and as yet can't figure out how, or what to unbolt. I've seen messages here suggesting to look in website hayward.arinet.com, but that seems to require a membership. Can you point me to somewhere that I might find a diagram or instructions to help me out?
I know the hydrostatic transmission itself is working, it is just this secondary, separate gearbox that I am worried is damaged. The machine rolls easily in reverse, but forward seems to quit after about 10 feet, you can reverse a little and continue forward again. Thanks for any hints or help.
ANSWER: Is the gear box connected to the axle? Many of these types of transmissions require you to remove the axle to remove the gearbox.
Eric
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QUESTION: Sorry for the delay... I have made progress. The axle does pass through the gearbox (final drive). The side panel of the "case" could be unbolted, and this was needed to gain access.
I found the problem, with the main drive shaft bearings faled, a pair of gears (48 & 17 tooth) in the final drive were both damaged and must be replaced. The drive shaft is also damaged from bearings spinning on the shaft. Not too cheap for all parts, but the result will be good. Parts are on order already! It looks like there were no guides or manuals online anywhere, just from Honda themselves, so I may consider to spend a few more dollars for their Shop Manual. If you can suggest any alternate sources I'll check them out!
Hopefully, assembly will be the reverse of my work so far, and with snow only a few weeks away, I am confident I'll be ready!
AnswerI'd recommend spending the money on the Honda manual. Like you said those manuals are difficult to find on the internet. We have a few Honda manuals but unfortunately we do not have the one for your blower.
FYI, of all the track type snowblowers the Honda is the only one that worked well and is worth fixing up.
Eric
