Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a website where OE or similar stickers/decals can be purchased? Mine are cracked and faded and I'd like to bring them back to life.
I have used their repro's for a couple older Ariens. Very pleased with the results and I'm going to use them for another Ariens this spring. I thought considering looking around that they were inexpensive by comparison to others.
I did a complete machine for something like $40 total, but I only needed the engine decals x 2. It probably would have been a comparable price had I needed the tractor, bucket and handlebar decals too.
Depending on which stickers you need, some of the "Honda" stickers from the HSS series machines may do and they're MUCH less expensive than the HS stickers.
I'd hate to false advertise and plus they never made an HSS55 still not sure what's the differences between the HS and HSS models. Is it a money grab or totally different machines?
I used rustoleum gloss Apple Red and it came out PERFECT. I'm in process of replacing a bunch of parts and degreasing it all. It looks so beautiful and I'm just about to put it together tonight (I hope)
Well I'm happy with my HS55 so far and with this maintenance I hope to be very happy with it.
The auger gear box fluid was black with shiny bits in it. Since I had it fully removed I opened it up to investigate why it was leaking and poured all old DARK green oil out and put fresh 75w90 in (and well I probably put too much gear oil back in but I can't see that being a problem really as no compression occurs in this chamber). Then brand new Auger (that I sprayed with rubber vehicle undercoating on to help protect the metal impeller fins), 3 new bearings, 2 new belts, (cleaned carb and rejetted for higher elevation 2 weeks ago) cleaned everything you can see inside and out then painted and put back together.
Those old HS55's were built pretty solid and the one shown looks pretty good. Those old Honda's were built to last. The "GX" series engines were excellent engines that lasted a very long time with normal maintenance.
The HS55 used the 5.5HP engine and they did the work they were called for.
Honda used to "Under-rate" their power equipment products back then, especially their generators. Their generators would produce full rated power for continuous amounts of time without having to be cut back on power output. At that time their number ratings were for continuous output, not "Max" output like all generators built today, so their numbers weren't as high listed on them and everybody was buying other generators based on the higher numbers, not knowing that was a "Max" rating and they could not be run that long at full output, unlike the Honda, which could be run full output 24/7.
Their snowblower out performed and out lasted just about anything out there of equivalent size to the Honda's.
Back then Honda was not a big seller because you could only buy them at an authorized Honda dealer and their prices were higher than other brands. So they were not as popular, but when people saw them perform, they had to go out and buy one, especially when they saw how they worked and outlasted just about anything out there at the time, and their easy starting and reliability, it was hard to break them, they just didn't wear out as quickly or break down as fast as everyone else's.
They were rugged little machines.
just be sure not to try to force the machine when jammed up . they don't make the parts for the right side tranny anymore. I had a beautiful HS50 which i believe the spindle got stripped in the right side gearbox ( final drive ) and so could not drive the gear and the tracks.
fortunately i was able to buy another 50 for parts and just transferred the bucket, engine and handle bars over to the chassis. sure was a lot of work , especially the bars , but was worth it in the end.
thanks for the heads up.
I didn't think Boats.net would have labels/stickers/decals for this but they still have 7 of the apparently 18 this machine has all over...
Tho I masked them off during the paint process, I kinda want to buy new ones while they exist to give a refreshed look.
Gonna see how it runs/operates tonight with the new bearings and the new gear oil in the gear box made the rotation of drive shaft soooooo fast and easy compared to what it was with the old gear box fluid. Plus I found out the old auger had 3 fins bent so badly (think the previous owner tried to move a mountain using this instead of using dynamite) and the back plate of the auger actually bent and was scratching the backside of auger bucket. so should be a LOT more free rotating pieces in this now.
thanks to all who have recommended websites (like boats.net) and replacement ideas.
as for the right side tranny, is there any maintenance I need to worry about on them? gonna research this more.
WOW, the old belts had chunks of rubber missing but the machine still ran fine but with these two new belts not only does the auger and impeller just FLY now but the drive capabilities seem to have a TURBO strapped onto it now. 8n 3rd gear it practically races around and I even get a small squeel wheel I press the transmission handle like I do with the auger handle (,which is much louder now too after I fully degreased the brake pad)
Holy super impressed but I may have my top end throttle rpm set too high. I will have to check RPM and adjust governor screw.
My 3rd gear goes fast also. only use it when transporting. are the cables adjusted? when you let go of handles do the belts stop? I had a guy bring me an old hs55 that the belt ran all the time. the cable was adjusted all the way out.
looking up the belt parts it seems that the hs55 has two different drive belt sizes depending on serial number.
his belt was the shorter one. I put the right size on and readjusted the cable and good to go.
Tabora,
I understand the "U.S. Global" effort to describe things, like your "S.A.E." designations for power equipment engines manufactured in the U.S.A. that are "Large Frame',"Medium Frame" and "Small Frame", for example, which you and I understand, but almost everybody else doesn't.
A lot of the guys, Engineers, Sales and Service Reps from Honda that I worked with all retired before Robert took the position he has, Robert is a great source of information. A lot of the engineers, Technical and Training personnel I worked with were mainly before the "Internet Days" that we have today.
Tabora,
I got a good one for you and Robert@Honda, You mentioned about the "S" designation being "Small Frame" on the larger models like the 724, 928, and 1332's.
You wonder why they didn't designate something for the 720 model, that one has a much smaller frame than the other bigger models when you think about that, "S" being small frame.
I would think the 720 model should be designated "Small" then 724 and 928 being designated "Medium", and maybe the 1332 possibly designated "Large", unless they would save "Large" for something much bigger in the future.
What would be your thoughts on that?
So after getting my hopes up it seems the Control Pannell (faces you, by speed shifter and ignition switch) is apparently von backorder with no ETA either so it's basically stickers for auger danger and oil... Nuts.
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