If you need more details on rebuilding one of these I highly recommend you check out this video series. I love how you can find detailed instruction on so many different things on KZfaq. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y6hde5ilzN7IZ3k.html

I just want you to know I just watched like a dozen videos on how to do this before attempting to replace my mower's crankshaft and THIS is the video I'm using. This is so much more in-depth than anything else I found. Thanks!

Why did I just watch that whole video? I don't even have a mower? But now I can take one apart and reassemble it. 😎

Im impressed. Ive been repairing lawn mowers for 20 years, Your videos is very detailed and informative.

You explain it very well, nice job from a 72 year old life time mechanic 😊

I must say, this video is just perfect. The video, the music, the way you talk and explain things. Best video covering a lawnmower engine so far.

Never heard of him until I needed help working on my GCV 170. He earned a new follower! I’m about to watch every vid this dude has made. Great info.

One of the best instruction videos for GCV's that I have seen. Thank you for sharing.

Excellent video Jason, thank you for taking the time to capture the content and put it together. Very well done.

Just did this in my Husqvarna Honfa Gcv160la. The crank was $26 and the valve cover was $5. Super easy and cranked on the first pull. Thank you for the video.

Love the videos. Very clear and detailed. Great enthusiasm. Makes me want to fix my lawn right away. Keep up with the videos!

I have been a mechanic for many years. I use paint markers and tiny punch marks, even engravers, where critical things need to be matched perfect. It makes life easier. Also, I like that you put bolts and hardware in it's original place. I used to work as a production machine mechanic. I would come to work at night and find a machine down, and right next to it,.... coffee cans full of nuts, bolts, washers, and small parts. And none of it cleaned. Nothing more fun than spending an hour or two doing a filthy grimy metal hardware jig saw puzzle. The way you do it saves time and headaches. I try and clean things as it comes apart. Reassembly is much easier and cleaner,............................ it's already done. Great video.

Thank you for sharing. I bought a new hrx217 last year but will be rebuilding my hrb215 this winter to keep around for back up.

Thanks Jason, I saw your video back in March, Great video indeed. I had to search for your video again today. You explained everything so flawlessly with your upbeat personality that keeps it light and simple. I've been replacing parts on mine, the next step is to take the engine apart fix the timing as well as valves. I like working on small engines, even my Jeep and getting it up and running great satisfaction in that. It also keeps the Ducats from flying out of your pockets. But sooner or later I will buy a new mower. I'll let you know how it went when I take it all apart and put it back together, can't wait. God Bless +

Absolutely fascinating, and so satisfying to be able to complete a job like that!

Good camera angles, good content. really good video. Thank you.

Great vid! Thanks for sharing and all the details! Real cool

Thanks man I jus bent my crankshaft friggin mower isn’t even a month old glad I saw your video very entertaining and informative just glad to know I can fix it!! Thanks !!!

Thanks for the video. I found one of these at Goodwill. Paid $20 for it it runs but needs some care. This is great info to help me.

A quality video. Well detailed with the right amount of humour. These engines are fun to work on. Not very complicated. Thanks for making it. Roger

This was an extremely informative video. I am used to Briggs and Stratton motors. This is a whole new ball game for me, thank you so much for this video. I just acquired a Honda pushmower and want to do a complete tear-down and rebuild. Will be definitely saving this video, sir.

Best video for this mower I have same problem and have to replace crankshaft as well.Now thanks to your video I can do it cheers David in Australia

Awesome video. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

Thanks a lot for the video I have to replace my camshaft o-ring on a 200. That feeling is so good when you start that engine up I felt good for you thanks for the video good job

Lightweight is good and what did I use it for it’s a lawnmower kzfaq.infoUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend Yes it is lightweight so hence not as robust as our old one. But if you take care it does the job really well.

Thank you for sharing this excellent and clean video on how to rebuild the GCV170 engine. Mine is still brand new and never used but I'm sure in the very distant future it'll be very handy with the information I gained here. I really liked how you gave great detail into everything done.

Great video, I've to rebuild my engine as well and will definitely use it. Thanks!

Thanks, mate. I’m in the process of replacing my shaft too. Good job.

Thank you for this!!! My same motor is crazy hard to turn over right now and I’m about to investigate why. This should be super helpful.

Engine rebuild approved as EPIC

I don't usually leave comments, but this video is very clear and to the point. I was power washing the house today when suddenly the engine stopped (has same Honda GCV160 engine). Has no compression, not very used, never abused. So I needed a video on the disassembly. The information contained here is priceless (I think I have a stuck intake valve btw). Very clean and thorough work!..and the info page attached to the description is very useful. Thanks!...Happy to see another one like me, fixing instead of throwing away...keep on wrenching! UPDATE: Problem was indeed a stuck gunked up intake valve. Had to pry open (like a sardines can) the valve cover and remove the carburetor to get to the valve stem and apply some penetrating oil and carb cleaner. Valve is free to move now...compression is back. I don't like this idea of "one use" valve cover. Not because of the money (like $8 something) but because of the down time while awaiting for the new "sardines can" cover to arrive.....oh well....

I have the same mower, I love it. I take care of it. Honda does not make push mowers no longer, what is out there to buy is it. Nice job on the engine repair, mower engines have come long ways since years ago.

The 160 and 190 are now replaced by the 145. 170 and 200. Mainly for emission stuff. Also less parts in the new range. When you tip mower on its side always exhaust side down 👍🏻

Dude! That was awesome video! Thank you for your help. (I got one of these, but fund another one in a random dumpster- I’ll rebuild it for fun)

Thanks very much for that. I have a bent shaft that I need to replace (oh it’s bent) and in Australia we don’t have solid blades! My Honda is USA built with the twin solid blades and versing concrete didn’t go to well. Great work, I’m now a subscriber!

I wish the disassembly part at the start was explained with more than a Timelapse music video. You just suddenly had the motor off 😅 The rest was really great!

Thanks for the great video! Just did a GCV160 that probably had less than 20Hrs on it. Owner hit a rock shortly after purchasing it. Only problem I had was installing the camshaft pully after assembling the cases. The belt had slid off of the crankshaft pully. I had to split the casings again and put the belt on both pullies before assembling the cases. Started 1st pull ! Thanks Again!

Great tutorial! One of the best I've seen on how to rebuild a small engine.

Ok Jason Got it! Thank you not sure how I overlooked that!

Great how-to video ! Thanks. BTW I have a 5 year old seldom used pressure washer powered by a Honda GCV190. Never had any problems w/ it, but it's nice to know what's inside the engine just in case.

A wet belt at that. Very efficient set up. Cool vid.

Very good information 👍

Very good....like your informative video.....thank u

Hi Jason. Brilliant vid! I just subbed before I even got past the 5 minute mark. I was pre-armed with the knowledge that you follow Mustie1. 👍🏼

Great Video!

Thank you for the excellent lighting and camera work on a subject I, too, will be doing. The landscape timber felt threatened by the lawnmower and attacked it and jumped underneath, stopping the blade motion and BENDING THE CRANKSHAFT lol! I highly recommend you wear safety glasses when spraying solvent on surfaces that you have no advance warning as to where the overspray is going to go. A trip to the ER for a chemical burn on your eye will cost you more than 3 or 4 of these mowers.

Well done!

Awesome video 📹 👏

Informative, concise, but still comprehensive. Doesn't get better than that. I would add that the valve cover can be re-used if it's pried off (carefully) while warming the sealant under the perimeter with a heat gun.

Great job

The Honda "cheat sheet" in links and mentioned in the video gives you the fastener torque specifications. So that's good.

Like the bug in the background. 😊 Thanks for the video.

LOVE your video's! Make more please! Take care,. 🤓 -Thomas Western Washington State

Great details in the video. Just recently made the same mistake.

I've worked on or rebuilt practically every known small mower except for a Honda GCV engine, (other than a valve adjustment or valve seals). I've got one that was given to me. It's an old Big Wheel Troybilt Recycler with a GVC160 engine and manual choke. It's smoking with no knocking whatsoever. Compression is borderline, so I doubt replacing valve seals would solve the problem. It's about 15 years old and the frame is like a tank. They don't make em like that anymore. Anyway, I'm gonna go all the way through it since parts are still plentiful and reasonable. I'll get it what it needs and paint the frame. I'm gonna keep it as well. They don't make mowers like this anymore........js

Jason, thank you for making and posting this video. Good work on that engine. (You made that look easy, but I know it's not). Thank you again.

Nice video J-dawg. I have some oil leaks on mine so I need to reseal it. It's old- so I keep neglecting the motor- expecting it to crap out so I can just go buy a new one and not have to fix mine- but it just keep running. I'm going to have to fix it because it just won't die. This is a good motor. Putting some time and money into it ought to get it to croak though.

Great and informative, I don't even have a Honda lawnmower, and watched the whole thing anyway! I think that deserves a sticker! 😉

Continuing the story of my bent crankshaft. I opened up the engine and found a lot of black soot on the face of the piston and the manifold. Big problem because the manifold is not that easy to get at to clean. Besides, it was probably affecting the valve seats. This engine is fairly new and had always been running smooth. All this crap probably got on there by my running the engine with the bent crankshaft. I ran it several times just to see how bent it was. It became increasingly hard to start. I think what happened is the vibration from the shaft was affecting the timing preventing it from being dead on every time but fluctuating around the correct timing. I say this because when I looked at the timing with the engine open it was perfect and the valve clearances at TOC were OK. I did not find any broken parts to explain mistiming. Lesson learned. Don't run the engine with a bent crankshaft. Would appreciate comments from experienced posters as to whether my theory makes sense. I used carburetor cleaner on a microfiber towel and elbow grease to clean the piston. I had to put the towel on long plastic spoon to get at the manifold and avoid damaging the cylinder. Difficult job. To clean the valve seats I used Permatex valve grinding compound. It's an abrasive. You use the valves themselves (I put in new valves) to clean the seats. Amazon also sells a tool you use to push on the valve and rotate it to grind the seat and valve to match each other. I got the compound at Pep Boys and did not use that tool. I pulled on the valve stem to do the grinding. It took a while but you can feel the friction decreasing as the compound does its job. Then you have to clean out the compound (it's water soluble). All this was probably unnecessary if I had not run that engine. Still haven't had time to finish the reassembly.

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Appreciate the timing of your video. Lots of links in description! About to teardown a GCV160 from an older MTD that is a little leaky from a guy that volunteered his mower. A 4-H, small engine project with my son. Got the motor off of the deck but soon ready to tackle hence watching you, starting with building a square block wood frame for base. Around the 5 minute mark, you're pulling the flywheel off with 3 legged puller... I'd advise to tap(ping) head of puller screw with hammer nigh to breaking bond. Not as wicked then. Are there any bolt holes available for a puller? Can be less binding that way.

Added to my playlist. I just had to troubleshoot the 190 on a pressure washer and I have zero real world experience with any kind of engine. I had a feeling that removing that valve cover would be permanent lol. This engine was seized up pretty tight, was ran with no oil then left to sit and rust. I was expecting it would need a new cylinder and piston. I don't have a flywheel puller so I basically just took off everything I could that used 10mm bolts without getting into the case. Tried to get machine oil on the moving parts, added motor oil to reservoir and into the spark plug hole. Spun the flywheel by driver/hand once the rust was knocked off to try and get some oil on the parts. Hooked it up to the hose for a test run, had to fight with the pull start about 5 minutes, slowly but surely it got more and more resilient and didn't die on me. Beginners luck? Idk, but it felt damn good to get something running that would have likely been considered a total loss. If I'm being real honest I kind of wanted it to be messed up so I would have an excuse to try and rebuild it 😆

duh nevermind I expanded your description to find the link thanks for that !

Good video sir. Clear and concise. I assume your replacement valve cover is the new style with the belt guard inside? And the governor arm is pushed clockwise along with the governor shaft to adjust. And I know your video focused on replacing the crank, but fyi- Honda also has an upgraded auto-choke control (16600-Z8D-840) and thermo wax insert (16620-Z8D-305) for that pesky auto choke system that causes problems. Thanks for the video.

maybe already someone suggested but... Valve cover removal heat with heat gun to facilitate removal and can then be reused..thanks for the video be well!

Did the copper silicone hold the oil? I just rebuilt my gcv 160 and used that stuff and it leaks like a siv. Everything was super clean and i let it set up good

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Just keep them level when checking oil or the exhaust valve will stick in the head. Got one in shop now 😊

Over head cam on a small mower, pretty cool.

Hey , great video ,just interested what is torque for engine bolts who go to plastic hrx hausing tnx

This is a great vid, my only suggestion would be to use a tach to check the RPM.

That was the best video for Honda mowers....I am going to get one now... that is a real rebuild-able engine.

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Great work on this. Although this is not accurate for the GCV200. 1: The case design was change for these so its not a diagonally split case, which isn't a big deal but it's important to realize. 2: The crank for my GCV200 was $140 USD. Absolutely ridiculous. Anyway, it was one of the easiest jobs I've ever done on an engine, that included removing it from the deck. An hour of my time plus the research and waiting for the crank to arrive. Thanks for the tips!

3 years? sorry to hear that man, I just bought one Honda hhh25, hope it can keep many years working

I like the video is the best.great video. 감사히 잘보고갑니다. 항상 행운이 뒤 따르시어 님 채널이 초대박 되시기를 진심으로 기원 드려요.

Very informative video and cheat sheet. But I have to ask why not retap end of crank?

Great video. I just picked up a free pressure washer with a gcv 190 that is stuck. Pulled the pump and still stuck so I guess I will rebuild the engine. The diagram link you have no longer works. So I will try and find that same one. Thanks again. Matt.

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Finish of the story of the bent crankshaft. (In my initial post I made the mistake of saying bent crankcase. Sorry.) Finally finished the job. This video and the others that are referenced here were a great help!! Recommend taking lots of pictures during disassembly and putting parts in labeled bags. My GCV160 has some differences with the one in this video. In particular it has the auto-choke mechanism. I found another youtube video that was helpful in reinstalling this mechanism and the carburetor. Also this video does not cover taking out and reinstalling the piston but a referenced video does. Other videos not referenced here cover valve grinding. Bottom line. The thing started first pull!! Runs very smooth. Starts and runs just like new. Guess the bent crankshaft was the reason for the mistiming although I did replace the valves, rocker arms, camshaft and belt in case there was some problem there I was not seeing. A few bucks expense but would have been terrible to have to open up again if the problem was with one of those parts. I guess I could have installed the old camshaft and rocker arms because those are much easier to replace if faulty but, as long as you have access, why not go with new parts. My time is valuable to me.

Awesome Video, thanks for making it! I have a almost new HRX 217 (GCV 200) with a bent shaft. I wasn’t aware that it would be so involved to replace the shaft, but I’m soo glad I found this video to help along the way!!

Awesome video I’ve been trying to get my hands on some parts for this machine yesterday which is the paddle piece that you have in the center of the handle and also the lever for the brake and that’s been a problem to get my hands on to find a cheap going to the Honda is expensive if you have any ideas when you get it for much cheaper contact me thank you

Good Video JASON i had a Slight ROD KNOCK on my gcv160 - Lucky Caught inTime . Tear Down ONLY ROD WORN !!!, Wet Sanded the Crank , Ordered NEW ROD : Careful of Orientation of OIL SLINGER ARM working GOOD in My LAWNBOY 22270 ( not the Original GSV190 )

Hey Jason. Would you mind helping show me how to remove the metal timing belt pulley sprocket from the crankshaft? I don’t wanna break mine bu it won’t come off

I have a gcv 160 that the seal under flywheel came out and is leaking oil. Can you tell me what holds the seal in. Thanks

Great, great instruction class, but I'm gonna leave my repair of crank shaft to the experts, like yourself. Off to the repair shop soonest. 😊

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Those detaching blades will ruin any engine. Very informative video! I am just curious why the crank lost the tapped threads. The Rockwell hardness must have been low on that crank. The bolt should have given up first.

For the governor, did you push it to the left or right to get to full throttle?

Did you follow the instructions on the permatex for setup waiting an hour before setting the torque and what measurements on your 2x4 block stand

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최고에요~ 감사합니다^^ Can you tell me where to buy the parts?

That was a really nice video with great details. About how long did that project take for you?

Really enjoyed your video, I have a question. On the belt itself could you install it upside down or backwards. Some of the videos I have seen on the GC 160 on the engine when they took the belt off and market it so they could reinstall it the same way. I'm replacing mine so I don't have that luxury of marking it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I wouldn’t use grease on the oil seals, I use Lucas Oil Stabilizer as assembly lube on my Briggs and Stratton Rebuilds works amazing. It can mix with the oil and improve engine performance as well.

I have to make the same exact repair and this video has helped a ton. Is it necessary to remove the carb, muffler and valve cover?

Where can I get the rebuild sequence that you show

Great video but I've bent the crank on my Honda Izzy. Too lazy to be bothered fitting a new crank so I'm gonna drain the engine oil then run it till it goes 'TWANG'. Then get a new mower.

7/17/23, Have to thank you for the video, but also your unfortunate experience in stripping the thread. Remembering what you experienced, I chose NOT to over torque the bolt and instead ordered a new cheaper approach by buying a new “adapter” that has matching nipples that fits into the holes in the blade to keep it from slipping. Expect it to work.

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