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Whoha
Location: Minneapolis
Joined: Nov 5, 2011
Points: 35
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Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #9 Nov 6, 2011 12:07 am |
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I am waiting till I run it on the first snow. I will call the dealer that is 50 miles away and see what they say. As for my old Yamaha, it was a conventional disc drive, not hydro-drive. The new Yamaha's are Hydro. I will ask the question on the Yamaha board and see what the new Yamaha's are like. HERE IS WHAT I POSTED ON THE YAMAHA BOARD
I need a description or characteristics of how the Yamaha hydro drive works.
Here is why. I just bought a 2012 Honda 9hp two-stage wheel model to replace my 1988 YS828. It has a hydro trans. I am just curious how the Yamaha's is compared to the Honda's. My problem is the tranny on the Honda clunks and does an instant engagement with no slipping to start with when you push in the clutch like I do on my YS828 and any other snowblower I have owned or used. Even feathering doesn't work. I posted this weird characteristic on a board with a lot of Honda users and it seems some of the Honda guys have to pull back the hydro drive "speed" lever to neutral every time they let go of the clutch so they can engage the clutch and THEN advance the speed lever to go from zero to what ever speed they pick. Otherwise the trans violently engages if you just push in the clutch like any other "disc drive" snowblower that has smooth engagement. Some think I could have a bad tranny ( I will call dealer Monday)
Too many people for my liking seem to do the pull back to neutral and THEN engage the clutch and push on the speed lever to make me think this is a design flaw that everyone has lived with. If so it is a crap design and an incomplete design. The more logical design would be to add a valve that would increase flow from zero to 100% in 2 to 3 seconds to what ever the speed lever was set at when the clutch was engaged. This includes FWD or REV. This would make starting a smooth affair and wouldn't hammer the trans. Then it would run like any other snowblower that I have ever seen or used.
Always having a hand on the speed lever and dicking around with it seems flawed to me.
How do the Yamaha's with hrdro tranny's work, like Honda above???
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Whoha
Location: Minneapolis
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Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #13 Nov 6, 2011 11:10 pm |
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Then I will have to wait till the snow flies to get some user time on it to see if I can get it to engage without the clunk. I think I do have to then except that it is a Honda and one of the only things they suck at is automatic transmissions, no difference here too I guess. Thanks for the help.
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aa335
Joined: Nov 29, 2008
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Re: Help, have new 2012 Honda HS928 have questions.
Reply #14 Nov 7, 2011 11:59 am |
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Then I will have to wait till the snow flies to get some user time on it to see if I can get it to engage without the clunk. I think I do have to then except that it is a Honda and one of the only things they suck at is automatic transmissions, no difference here too I guess. Thanks for the help.
I'm not fond of Honda (automobile) brakes, engine power, or styling (Acura!). They don't suck at it, but aren't great either. Transmission, yes, they do suck at that.
This message was modified Nov 7, 2011 by aa335
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