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You are an excellent mechanic and a fabulous explainer, but seem to assume that the camera actually sees what you are thinking about. There are many, including myself, who are begging you to pay attention to what your camera is actually filming. While exquisitely explaining how a particular bolt needs to fit into a particular spot the camera is pointed at the floor. Additionally, in this video, I have learned more about the anatomy of your arm than what to watch out for as you remove this or that part. If you truly want your CZcams videos to be helpful, please, pay attention to the comments on your camera usage and your minimalist lighting effects.

Dude at minute 6:42 that arm is siezed/rusted be on belief on my mower. Im heading to harbor freight to get an extractor puller and hope it comes off damaged free...(6/5/23 10:06 pm)

I wish you would have pointed your camera to the right places. Most of the times you are showing a different part than what you are talking about 😢

Used ChatGPT for come up with this. How accurate does it look? Step-by-step instructions for changing the drive belt on a Honda push mower: 1. Start by preparing the mower: Drain all the gas and disconnect the spark plug. Lay the mower on its back. 2. Remove the blade: Use a 14mm wrench to remove the bolts holding the blade in place. Pay attention to how the blades come off and their orientation. 3. Remove the bolts holding the belt guide: Use a 12mm wrench to remove the bolts holding the belt guide in place. Keep track of the longer bolts, as they will go back in specific spots. 4. Remove the bolt on the back side of the chute: Use a 10mm wrench to access the bolt on the back side of the chute. Rotate the chute to the mulch position to access the bolt. 5. Remove the bolt holding the belt guide arm: Use a wrench to remove the bolt holding the belt guide arm in place. This will expose a pin that needs to be removed. 6. Rotate the chute to access the pin: Rotate the chute from underneath to the bag direction to access the pin. Remove the pin. 7. Remove the remaining bolts holding the housing in place: Use a 12mm wrench to remove the bolts holding the housing in place. There will be one behind the wheel and one on the side. 8. Remove the housing: Once the bolts are removed, the housing should come off easily. Pay attention to the key and its orientation. 9. Remove the belt: Slide the belt off the pulleys and remove it from the mower. 10. Install the new belt: Place the new belt on the pulleys, making sure it is properly aligned and seated. 11. Reassemble the mower: Follow the reverse order of the steps above to reassemble the mower. Make sure to tighten all bolts securely. 12. Adjust the belt tension: Use a 10mm wrench to adjust the belt tension. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for the specific model. 13. Test the mower: Start the mower and ensure that the belt is functioning properly and the drive engages correctly.

Great video. Thanks!

Hey thanks a lot. I have an earlier model from 2012. The spring bracket broke on mine. I’m not sure you have one. While I had it apart, I put on a new belt. When putting that plastic piece back on, I couldn’t get the pin back on. After watched your video, I just had it out of sequence. I will take it apart tomorrow. I also lost those bolts on the side, by the wheel. I ordered 2 new ones on line. Shipping cost more than the cost of the bolt. Probably should went to the hardware store.

People PLEASE if you tackle this job, I'd suggest you take photos and make notes of the steps of disassembly so you'll have a reference to help guide you. Bring your patience, too.

Thanks for saving a ton of guess work!

Same mower. Was able to do it without removing the blade mount and pully. There was enough slack when tension was removed from the spring (by completely removing the bracket & spring). Saves sometime and complexity. Helpful video though. Much more of a job than on my 216 series...The 217 is a better mower (more power and composite deck) but the 216 was a better design. Would recommend warming up, shutting gas off, running carb empty and then draining oil. Other tip...never tilt a Honda mower on the carb side. Adios carburetor.

Make sure you wipe your hands before they get dirty

There is a much, much simpler way to do this. It takes 10% of the time this job took you. You are taking half of the mower apart and that is not needed. Service manual outlines how its done: REMOVAL/INSTALLATION 1. Remove the blades and blade holder (P. 4-2). 2. Remove the belt guide. 3. Slide the drive pulley away from the engine and remove the V-belt from the drive pulley. 4. Remove the rear scroll (P. 12-4). 5. Fully loosen the Select Drive cable adjuster. 6. Rotate the transmission and remove the Select Drive cable and the return spring (P. 13-1). 7. Hold the end of the transmission input shaft with an adjustable wrench and remove the 10 mm flange nut. 8. Remove the driven pulley, 10 mm washer, and the V-belt from the transmission. 9. Install in the reverse order of removal. Pay attention to the following: • Be sure to install the 10 mm washer on the transmission input shaft before assembling the driven pulley. • Align the holes in the driven pulley halves when reassembling the pulley. • Be sure to reinstall and adjust the belt guide (P. 2-16). • Readjust the Select Drive cable (P. 3-11)

It would be nice if you would have kept the camera showing what your hands were doing.

Great Job super helpful!!

Thank you looks like igot the wrong belt its tight

A curse on Honda for making it this hard and so many variations of the configuration.

Good show hope I never have to change belt I’m not that good!

How often does the belt need to be replaced

Your video sucks

Effing train wreck of a lawnmower

Worse lawnmower ever

You are take off all these parts wen you can go aroud

I hate to pile on but this is the worst video ever.

The worse lighting ever! And the camera work smh I can’t see anything

Great video, save for the day when I have to replace my belt on the exact mower, Thanks.

The HRX217 5VKA model is virtually the same as the K5KAA model illustrated here. Indeed there are varieties of HRX217 that are not the same.

Excelente explicación muchas gracias 👍👌

Need to get camera and lighting worked out. Would be a good video if you make the improvements.

Next time yo do something like this make sure you have good lighting and a tripod for the camera, intentions were good but we missed a lot because of lighting or camera angles!

I'm really surprised Honda went to a belt system.

Great video and thanks for putting this together. What was the model number of the belt you purchased?

thanks but there's a lot of it missing because you had the camera pointed too low to see what you were doing!!! :(

I think I need to do this, My mower doesn't really have a variable speed is just like one speed, I try to adjust the cable but nothing change, my guess is the belt, is that why you change your belt?

Great vid!! Thanks for the tutorial. How did you know what size Bearings to order for those wheels? Are the fronts and backs the same size? Thanks

Can’t thank you enough for making this video. I could never have done this job without your guidance and attention to detail. Much appreciated!

Thanks so much for the time and effort you put in to making this process clear. (Excellent attention to the details, grease, anti-seize, etc.) 🙂

Very helpful. Dealing with the same mower with no self propulsion problem. Likely need to take it apart. Will certainly refer to this

Thanks. This is very helpful!

Excellent video! Thx so much. I’ll be doing this repair soon.

Had to stop watching though it was someone helpful. Too frustrating to not be able to have the camera on the actual repair at times. Please adjust camera in future.

This video was helpful, lighting and camera work could use some improvement. Some of the tricky parts were out of the frame. But thanks for the info

You never got the belt off and replace it with a new one, what is the point of this video?

Anti-seize on bolts, shouldn’t it be a blue loctite?

thank you

Nice buddy!