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Whoha


Location: Minneapolis
Joined: Nov 5, 2011
Points: 35

Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Original Message   Nov 5, 2011 10:11 am
I just picked up a 2012 Honda HS928K1WA. I just replaced my Yamaha YS828 and am clueless  on Honda's Hydro-static trans..

How do you use it?? If I put it is what would be speed 3 and engage the clutch it clunks and does an instant engagement. There is no slipping the clutch so to speak no matter how slow I engage it or how fast.  OR do I have to always have to have it in neutral and ease it up to speed every time I have to start out. If so, that would suck. HELP!!
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MN_Runner


Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #45   Nov 13, 2011 3:40 pm
What is H1?
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #46   Nov 13, 2011 3:42 pm
Hummer H1
carlb


Joined: Nov 16, 2010
Points: 279

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #47   Nov 13, 2011 3:43 pm
MN_Runner wrote:
What is H1?

H1 would be the original Humvy
MN_Runner


Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #48   Nov 13, 2011 3:45 pm
Sorry, I am an Air Force guy.
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #49   Nov 13, 2011 3:46 pm
No problem, I'm just a civilian who's not up to date with  the  latest Jane's publications.  :)
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MN_Runner


Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #50   Nov 13, 2011 3:48 pm
Sorry for another question.  What do you mean by "Jane's publication"?  It is not a common phrase in MN.
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Steve_Cebu


Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #51   Nov 13, 2011 7:32 pm
MN_Runner wrote:
Sorry for another question.  What do you mean by "Jane's publication"?  It is not a common phrase in MN.



Jane's is a series of books on military weapons of all sorts. It's an exhaustive resource and they cover everything you can imagine.

Here is a link if it's military Jane's has it.

http://www.amazon.com/Janes-Tanks-Combat-Vehicles-Recognition/dp/0004724526

http://articles.janes.com/articles/indepth/jiw.html

http://jawa.janes.com/public/jawa/index.shtml

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England."  "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
Whoha


Location: Minneapolis
Joined: Nov 5, 2011
Points: 35

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #52   Nov 20, 2011 9:13 am
The meager  snowfall in Minneapolis gave me some user time on my Honda, I did 3 driveways. Here is what I found out with that very very short time of use.  I found that I need to always be around  1/4 throttle to engage the trans. Going from fwd to rev is great and is fluid.   I am having a hard time relearning the right hand shoot turning handle. It seems just SO unnatural. Time will change that. With such little wet snow I have only that to go by on how this Honda is compared in performance  to my Yamaha. As it sits with this snowfall I feel the Yamaha can throw snow farther, and has more torque,  but it is a new tight motor, so I will have to give it time to break-in the motor.
I did do some heavy load runs on a bike path next to my house. I would throw snow directly in front of the snowblower so I could put a nice load on the motor to start the proper high load piston ring break-in procedure. If we have wimpy snowfalls and I can't get a good load on the machine I will keep doing the bike path runs so I can break the motor in right. I will be doing my first oil change today.

I did notice that the Honda has a very conservative governor system.  After about 5 hours of break-in time I think I will turn up the rpm another 200rpms. Depending on how the governor system is designed, this may help that issue out.
This message was modified Nov 20, 2011 by Whoha
blumonster


Location: Wisc.
Joined: Oct 14, 2011
Points: 163

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #53   Nov 20, 2011 11:12 am
In order to be familiar with Janes publications you need to be a defense contractor or someone who watches news a lot. :D
MN_Runner


Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622

Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #54   Nov 20, 2011 11:27 am
Whoha wrote:
The meager  snowfall in Minneapolis gave me some user time on my Honda, I did 3 driveways. Here is what I found out with that very very short time of use.  I found that I need to always be around  1/4 throttle to engage the trans. Going from fwd to rev is great and is fluid.   I am having a hard time relearning the right hand shoot turning handle. It seems just SO unnatural. Time will change that. With such little wet snow I have only that to go by on how this Honda is compared in performance  to my Yamaha. As it sits with this snowfall I feel the Yamaha can throw snow farther, and has more torque,  but it is a new tight motor, so I will have to give it time to break-in the motor.
I did do some heavy load runs on a bike path next to my house. I would throw snow directly in front of the snowblower so I could put a nice load on the motor to start the proper high load piston ring break-in procedure. If we have wimpy snowfalls and I can't get a good load on the machine I will keep doing the bike path runs so I can break the motor in right. I will be doing my first oil change today.

I did notice that the Honda has a very conservative governor system.  After about 5 hours of break-in time I think I will turn up the rpm another 200rpms. Depending on how the governor system is designed, this may help that issue out.

Whoha,
"high load piston ring break-in procedure" seems really interesting and exotic.  It would be great if you can take a CT scan pre and post of the procedure since intra-operative MRI maybe too dangerous.
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