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As long as you have a parts diagram they are fairly easy. I am quite mechanical & I just learned by pulling them apart. I am certain that I am more "knowledgeable" than most Honda dealers who rarely dismantle the gearboxes - they replace them.
One "trick" is to replace the circlips with a stack of big washers. The circlips rust easily & if they fail, the roller starts cutting into the gearbox case. Mud, worm casts etc get squeezed into the void between the roller & gearbox so it is important to clean in there.
I just stripped the machine and had a go...... no problems and pretty straightforward. If you're "mechanically minded"........ I've stripped many a motorbike engine over the years..... you should be fine. One tip if you don't do it already......... take photos as you go. It'll show you what sequence everything goes together in + where that strange washer or whatever went!
Thanks Peter/Geoff for your advice/opinions. I've got hold of a set of parts diagrams online and the next time I've got a machine needing such work I'll be giving it a go myself.
Hi Simon,
I tried to strip one down and got completely lost. I'm quite practical, but not an engineer by any standards, and it was well beyond my ability.
If it helps, I have a scrapper Kaaz you are welcome to. I'm just outside High Wycombe, so it's not a bad trip to collect if you want it.
I'll take the engine off and ebay it, they usually get £60-£80 as they are pretty unbreakable, but the rest of it would be going out for the scrap metal boys to pick up
It's probably not worth the effort to actually repair: the usual things like rusty handles and knackered grassbox would cost loads, and I'd want to change all the cables etc. if I was going to use it, but if you want a corpse of a machine donated to your medical research then let me know.