Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

For an HS828 hydro factory # SZAK 201xxxxx  The chute hood keeps riding up several second after setting it low.  The hood has nut and bolt on each side.  The stick control lever is pretty loose in that it is easy to move up and down.  Is the just to tighten the bolts more or is it done from under the dash? 

trouts,

I don't have this problem yet but definitely interested in how it is resolved.  I would try tightening the bolts on the hood to increase friction so the chute is not easily moved up due to snow deflection force.  Just a suggestion.

The manual doesn't address looseness, but on page 3-5 it says to adjust the chute guide (what you call the hood deflector) with the adjusting nut which is just beyond the panel (I hope that makes sense) and you do that while the chute is in the most raised position and the lever is in the UP position. Then it says to "loosen the nuts on the chute guide lever stop, then lower the chute guide to the position where the clearance between the chute guide and chute is 1-3mm (0.04-0.12 in). What I take that to mean is that the nuts on the chute guide itself determine how tight or loose the chute is, but you have to adjust the slack in the cable to get the full articulation of the chute/hood

You may need to adjust both.  The lock nuts on the deflector itself.  And the friction adjustment nut at the handle.  You might also check to make sure that the cable housing / sheath is not pulled to tight. Because the threaded portion on the end of the cables is screwed out to much / to far.  If they are they will put tension on the friction assembly. It sounds to me like maybe the cable length needs to be adjusted and maybe a little more friction.

OK, thanks guys.  I'll give it a shot tomorrow morning.

    Checked the hood operation with the other machines and it looks like the hood stays fairly loose.  I was going to try adjusting the nuts but one side had a nut stripped so could not be tightened or loosened.  I sawzalled it off.  That exposed a collar around the bolt.  I think that's to keep the nut and bolt from tightening too much.  So I went to the under dash part.

   The nut and bolt through the lever guts was very tight.  To get it tighter I had to really crank down on the nut.  That made the hood work correctly and not rise when tossing.  Cool, but with cranking so hard to get it to work something must be wrong or worn.  It's working for now so I'll just use it like that and get back to it in the spring with better weather.