Rooster7
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Kenny,
It did not have the threads you were talking about. I put two breaker bars on either side of the clutch and braced my feet on the tires and just started rocking it back and forth and it wiggled free! I installed the new one, tested it, put everything back together, sharpened the blades, found out the idler pulley assy and bearing were toast, replaced that, put the deck back on and was ready to mow but then.....
Once I started the deck up it made a racket. Shut it down and checked. Everything looked good. Started the deck again and....well long story short, the center blade is HITTING the blade on the right (discharge or curb) side. I pulled the deck off and confirmed the blades are indeed engaging each other by looking at the flat spots on each end of the blades. The wife said it was making "tinking" noises after she accidently ran over a rock the last time she mowed (before all this happened).
I can't figure this one out. The spindles are all ok. They have not moved. The blades do not come in contact with each other when turning by hand but when run with the power of the PTO, they hit. There is an inch of clearance between the center blade and the left (roadside) blade and only a 1/4 inch between the center blade and the right (curb) side blade. I know that when the PTO is engaged, the centrifugal force causes the blades cutting area to expand but what could have gotten bent so bad the blades are hitting each other?
Sorry so long but this is frustrating and I wanted to get as much detail in as possible.
It did not have the threads you were talking about. I put two breaker bars on either side of the clutch and braced my feet on the tires and just started rocking it back and forth and it wiggled free! I installed the new one, tested it, put everything back together, sharpened the blades, found out the idler pulley assy and bearing were toast, replaced that, put the deck back on and was ready to mow but then.....
Once I started the deck up it made a racket. Shut it down and checked. Everything looked good. Started the deck again and....well long story short, the center blade is HITTING the blade on the right (discharge or curb) side. I pulled the deck off and confirmed the blades are indeed engaging each other by looking at the flat spots on each end of the blades. The wife said it was making "tinking" noises after she accidently ran over a rock the last time she mowed (before all this happened).
I can't figure this one out. The spindles are all ok. They have not moved. The blades do not come in contact with each other when turning by hand but when run with the power of the PTO, they hit. There is an inch of clearance between the center blade and the left (roadside) blade and only a 1/4 inch between the center blade and the right (curb) side blade. I know that when the PTO is engaged, the centrifugal force causes the blades cutting area to expand but what could have gotten bent so bad the blades are hitting each other?
Sorry so long but this is frustrating and I wanted to get as much detail in as possible.