Hi all!
I'm trying to remove the blades from the 42" cutting deck of a Troy-Bilt Pony. The current blades were the ones that came installed, about 3 years ago. I have removed the deck from the mower so I can access the blades but I am having a very difficult time getting the blades off.
Everything I have read and watched says to remove the nut going counter-clockwise (lefty loosey) which is also the direction the blades appear to rotate. I found it somewhat odd that the nut requires a 1" socket. I am using a 15" breaker bar, and I have used liberal amounts of WD-40 over the course of about 3 days of trying to work on the mower.
I physicaly exerted myself to the point where I busted a blood vein in my eye. I can even slam the end of the breaker bar with a sledgehammer and the nut just will not move. The edges of the nut itself are even starting to get rounded off. I do not have access to any sort of pneumatic tools. I'm out of time and I am out of budget. I need help.
I'm trying to remove the blades from the 42" cutting deck of a Troy-Bilt Pony. The current blades were the ones that came installed, about 3 years ago. I have removed the deck from the mower so I can access the blades but I am having a very difficult time getting the blades off.
Everything I have read and watched says to remove the nut going counter-clockwise (lefty loosey) which is also the direction the blades appear to rotate. I found it somewhat odd that the nut requires a 1" socket. I am using a 15" breaker bar, and I have used liberal amounts of WD-40 over the course of about 3 days of trying to work on the mower.
I physicaly exerted myself to the point where I busted a blood vein in my eye. I can even slam the end of the breaker bar with a sledgehammer and the nut just will not move. The edges of the nut itself are even starting to get rounded off. I do not have access to any sort of pneumatic tools. I'm out of time and I am out of budget. I need help.