Why Your Honda Lawn Mower Cuts Uneven

There are many homeowners who try to cut straight lines in their lawns, but few are able to do it well. This article teaches you how to fix an uneven Honda Lawn Mower cut. Keeping your grass looking good can be accomplished in a number of ways. I will help you figure out what’s going on. Experience has taught me that you can usually find the cause by performing quick checks. In most cases, it can be easily resolved.

Having damaged wheels, not adjusting the deck height correctly, having a dull blade, or packing the deck with grass clippings may cause uneven cutting.

Honda mowers can also cut unevenly when the operator operates them at a slow engine speed, at a high ground speed, or by using incorrect mowing paths.

Let me explain why you will get an uneven cut from these items in more detail.

Most Common Causes of a Honda Lawn Mower Cuts Uneven

The wheels are damaged in some way

For obvious reasons, it’s very critical that your wheels function properly, whether you’re using a walk-behind or riding mower. Your mower deck will likely dip on the side of a broken/damaged wheel, causing uneven cuts. Broken/damaged wheels will make your mower hard to push or drive.

Solution: The lawn mower’s wheels will move rapidly here, so be sure to keep an eye on all of them. Is there anything wobbly about them? A damaged wheel is evident by this sign. There is usually only one option for replacing a damaged wheel. The only thing you need to make sure is that the replacement that you source is the exact same size as the original.

The Honda Mower Blade has become worn out or dull

When the sail (the high sides of the blade) of your Honda mower blade becomes worn, there will be less air movement under the deck of the mower, which will result in a nicer cut.

A mower blade should be replaced when the sail on the blade is thinner than the center of the blade, which means the blade is worn out. In the case of a lawnmower blade with a dull cutting edge, your grass can actually end up getting beat up rather than getting cut.

As a result, grass blades may get tears left in them that are eventually going to turn brown after a few days of mowing. Keep your blades sharp by checking them regularly and keeping them sharp.

There may be a problem with the wheels

Mowing unevenly on a riding mower is a result of uneven wheel pressure, which causes the mower to tilt. Your mower tires need to be inflated according to the recommended specifications if your grass appears slanted like stair steps.

Unevenness can be caused by dull plastic or rubber if you can’t inflate them. The wheels of walk-behind lawnmowers allow the height of the cut to be adjusted. Uneven mowing can be caused by one wheel being adjusted differently from the other. Make sure the mower’s wheels are also lubricated.

The deck of a Honda mower is clogged

It is imperative that grass does not build up under the deck of your Honda mower. Under the mower deck, the blades create air movement that creates suction.

With this suction, your grass is held up high, enabling the blade to cut it precisely. In the case of a deck that is packed with debris, the amount of air that can be moved and suctioned is reduced, resulting in uneven cuts on the deck.

Scrape the deck of your mower periodically in order to keep it clean. When mowing grass, avoid mowing it when it is wet in order to minimize grass buildup. In addition to clumping in the yard, wet grass also sticks to the deck of your mower, which is not good for your mower.

The blade on my lawn mower is dull

A mower blade needs to be completely horizontal in order to cut effectively, and sharp enough in order to do its job. Due to the fact that dull blades don’t actually “cut” grass, they tear it, which causes an uneven cut. A piece of paper that you tear with your hands will never be perfectly level, just as it is if you cut a piece of paper with scissors, and if you tear a piece of paper with your hands, it will never be perfectly level first.

Solution:  A lawn mower that cuts unevenly can easily be fixed with this quick fix. The blade needs to be sharpened or replaced if it is damaged. If you install the lawn mower blade the wrong way round, you will also experience problems with your cut. Make sure you check the lawn mower blade’s position before tightening everything up.

Engine speed should be slowed down

A lawn with choppy lines will be caused by insufficient mowing speed. If the mower is operated at a slower pace over the yard, uneven stripes will be left behind. When the engine speed is low, the blades spin slowly, giving your lawn a poor cut. Conversely, too much speed can result in imprecise cuts.

There is too much ground speed on Honda mowers

Using your Honda mower too fast can result in a bad cut since you will be pushing it too fast across your lawn. Depending on what the conditions are, you should adjust your speed accordingly.

It is very difficult for your engine to work properly when you mow thick, wet or tall grass. In these conditions, you should slow down your mowing speed.

Grass can also be pushed over by your mower when you mow at too high a speed. When the mower bounces around on uneven ground, the bad cut can become worse.

There is a bend in the crankshaft

Changing a blade won’t fix damage to your crankshaft if you have bent your blade. No way, sir! There is nothing worse than a bent crankshaft. Curious about what to look for when a lawn mower crankshaft bends? There’s nothing complicated about it. Turn the mower over and turn the blade, pushing it on its back edge (you might want to wear leather gloves for this). Disconnect the mower from its power source (spark plug for gas, power cable or battery for electric). When you spin it, you’ll want to pay attention to the bolt in the middle that holds the blade in place. Is it wobbling around as it spins or does it stay centered? If the crankshaft on the mower is bent, the mower will wobble all over.

Solution: Buying a new lawn mower may be painful (financially painful), but this is the likely cause of your lawn mower cutting unevenly. Often, it’s impossible to straighten a crankshaft again effectively. Even if you can straighten it, using the mower will potentially be very dangerous. There’s a ticking time bomb when there’s a fracture in the crankshaft. In any moment, the blade could fly out of the deck and break completely. My opinion is that it is not worth taking the risk.

Your Honda lawn mower is mowing in the wrong direction

The simplest way to minimize mowing time is to mow with the fewest paths up and down the lawn possible.

In order to avoid leaving grass strips on the lawn as you walk through your paths, you will need to make sure that your paths overlap each other.

Final Words

It may take you a couple of hours to fix the cutting lines on your Honda Lawn Mower, but the effort is well worth the result. When you know what you need to avoid, you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to maintain the final results.

The article’s summary is as follows:

• Be sure to look at the wheels and blade to see if three is anything wrong with them.
• Check the measurements of the deck with a leveling tool or measuring tape using a level.
• Lawns can look messy and uneven when mowed too slowly.