Hi Nick,
As you have found out Victa are the only mower that uses a 9/16th axle the others use 1/2 inch, always makes things hard.. I know how heavy those Hondas are that aren't self propelled and the 216 when the transmission fails are near impossible to push around
Hi Norm,
Yes,the odd thing was the old Victa and newer one had different axle sizes - the 550 being smaller. Oh yes I'd not be able to push a 50-60kg mower around, the ~35kg HUT216 is enough to keep me clinging onto some vague cardio health.
Hi Nick and Norm
I think you could Araldite some 10 mm rubber that would be wrapped to the treads on the back wheels,the
only problem would be the drive speed would be increased. Then fit bigger front wheels.
Cheers
Max.
Hi Max, good idea - I did consider this but actually so that the rear wheels (which obviously drive it) would give a bit more grip, as I noticed they spun a bit in the wet grass when i briefly trialed. I have done this before, cut up a spare or old bike tyre with a similar width and use the 'tread' section - worked quite well.
I'll see I did use a grinding disc to just thin the chassis a little as it's old school quality and almost 10mm thick around it's bottom edge, so by taking this off very careful I was able to fit one of the larger spare wheels I had on, looks like i will have enough room to put a few washers behind it and also the securing clip on it, which is ideal. Good thing is the wheel actually hides the thinning of the chassis marks so no way to see that - not that I'm worried about aesthetics just yet. SO I will try and get those on today and see if thats usable.
If I may be so bold and ask a quick quezzie to save a new thread.....I removed the rear wheels and greased the inner parts, the plastic 'dogs' (sorry you can tell I'm a rank amateur!) but that was completely dry so blew out any debris and ensured it had grease in it. Haha I assume this is ok?
Also are there any particular lube points on the 550 Pro I should tend to? I know they have a sealed gearbox on the rear, I assume opening this and regreasing would be a good practice?
It's already had a carb rebuild, new filter and cleaned and gapped the plug - seems to run strongly.
Thank you again ever so much. Have to go mow front yard now while it's still cool, 19" push mower. :-/
