A couple of months back I went out to mow, grabbed my most used and dependable mower - a Honda HUT216 utility went to push it out to get started and noticed that oddly the rear left wheel was sagging/sinking when I pushed it/applied weight.
The mower has the normal single lever/'lift rod'(?) + spring height adjustment mechanism, which through many mowers and 40yrs+ I've never had an issue with. But after looking it over thoroughly I could not see why the spring seemingly didn't apply enough force/tension to keep the mower balanced/stable when rear pressure was applied.
As 95% of the time I mow at the same height I did a nasty workaround and removed the spring and used a flexible piece of steel rod to anchor the 'lift rod' in a certain spot against the chassis.
But I'm wondering what the actual issue is - does the spring simply need to be replaced? Though it seems completely normal and strong as can be - and the oddish height adjustment system doesn't have any obvious problem areas - though I have noted that Honda did cop flak on these chassis'.
I've tried to grab a picture of the rear left wheel height area, where I suspect if there is a problem it may lie - at the time of the photos I've got the metal rod holding the mower at my preferred height, so it looks normalish - but if I were to put the spring back it'd sag down and become unusable. Unsure why.
