Lawn mower blade clutch sticking on

[muymalestado]

My Honda self-propelled mower has started to keep the blade clutch engaged after the lawn has been cut and the mower is stored for a time. This means for the next use it is impossible to pull the starter rope against the cold engine; well, its a very hard pull. But, after running for 5 minutes the clutch disengages properly when the engine is shut down and re-starting is a breeze.

To start the cold engine I hold the blade actuator as if to engage it

- quite the opposite from its normal purpose this frees the motor to be started.

Any suggestions?

Thanks very much.

[Spamlet]

Don't know about your Honda, but a friend gave me an electric mower that wouldn't run because the 'clutch' was stuck. It turned out that the blade shaft, had to move up the main shaft to engage, but going over bumps - I presume - had knocked it so far up the shaft that it could not disengage, and some dogs had got burred as well, preventing it letting go. Judicious filing and grease 'solved' the problem for now, but I expect this is a common occurrence.

S

[Jim K]

I bought a new honda 5hp engine off fleabay (and excellent it is too for =A3100 ;>)) - it came with the operator prescence thing & blade brake fitted as standard for use in a rotary mower - for my application they both had to be bypassed - the blade brake was actually just that - a brake pad that contacts the flywheel.....

I wonder could yours be simlar and perhaps the brake pad has worn down to rivets so it corrodes and sticks onto the flywheel until it wears itself free?

Cheers Jim K