Hi, I have an hs55 honda snowblower. Its an older model with track drive. The drive has just failed on me, no forward or reverse speeds. I asked a friend who had recently worked on a honda blower and he said that he had to take pretty much everything apart. Is this true or does anyone here know if there is an easy solution for this problem. Thanks in advanced
Gino

Some of the older trac drive models used a fan belt and idler pulley mechanism to tranfer the drive. Can you see if your pulley and belt are still in proper alignment, do they get taut when you place the blower into drive?

I would tip the snowblower on its front so that the bucket is holding your snowblower up right. And that the handles are in the air. Under the pain between the two tracks you will see a plate with 4 to 6 bolts holding the plate in place. Take that off and tell me what you see. I could try to help you out with this problem.

Sorry, we don't use snowblowers here.

sorry, we don't use snowblowers here.
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I am simply letting folks know I do not deal with snowblowers.

My father had the same problem with the same model snowblower I could be one of two things ,the friction wheel that contacts the moving fly wheel could be wore and not making enough contact or the cable that runs from the drive lever, at the end of the cable there's a spring and backet that has a bolt that may need adjustment that well tighten the spring there for tighting the cable

It's the friction wheel. There is six bolts on the bottom cover of the snowblower. Take these 6 bolts out, I think its 4 10mm bolts and 2 12mm bolts. There will be a black wheel with rubber on it that is in contact with a large silver disk. There will most likely be a bunch of black shavings or dirt, this is the wheel as it has worn out. You will need to replace this wheel and it costs about 50 dollars. On the axle this wheel is on there is a bolt on the outer of the snowblower that holds it on and a black cap on the other end. You will have to unbolt this and then press the axle out to the other side to be able to remove the black friction wheel.