Mateo pay attention.. John Deere
I took my John Deere in this season to have a drive belt and mower belt installed. While it was there they just put on new blades. Well awhile ago I tried to replace the blades cause they were wore bad. I used the break over bar and a 15mm socket. Pulled till my ribs hurt and nothing. How tight are these things? So , I went and mowed the property and came home. I have a new idea.. I will use the electric impact gun and remove them. Not exactly... It does 100 ft.#'s and they still would not move. Hummm.. So I pull out the owners manual to see the torque setting. 46#'s .. So now the JD dealer can take them off and leave them off so I can install my new blades. I do recall changing them the first time when the mower was new.. they were tight but not as tight as they are now.
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I real impact gun will take them off. 0 -
S F; Could they be Left-hand thread[?]
Jeff0 -
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
S F; Could they be Left-hand thread[?]
Jeff
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quote:Originally posted by shoff14
I real impact gun will take them off.
Funny [:D][:D] It takes the lugs off my 3/4 ton truck..[:D]0 -
Cheater bar time.. 0 -
Torch heat them 0 -
Tannerite. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
S F; Could they be Left-hand thread[?]
Jeff
No
Sure they're not left handed? Father in law faught a Woods L59 deck until I told him Woods can be lefthanded. When he gave me the tractor, he riminded me the blade bolts are lefty. He forgot I was the one that informed him. I let it slide.0 -
I can appreciate your problem. I have the Woods deck off and I'm attempting to replace the center blade's bearing. The bearing comes out through the bottom and the pulley has to come off first. It's the fat and exspensive pulley with three shieves for the one belt to snake through it several times.
The pulley is a taper lock on the shaft and for far I've split open and bent on of the two taper lock screw holes. My plan now envolves a torch, rose bud tip. I "borrowed" a 3" nipple and coupler from work to place over the pully and pound it down off the taper lock.
I suspect this thing has spent a few years outside in the elements. It's not going to come apart easy.
Looks like I'll be mowing with the cub cadet today. Tried to talk Mrs. Plaid into mowing with Dad's 3141 down the road, but she doesn't sound interested.0 -
The mower is still on the trailer. I will just take it to them and let them remove the bolts. 46# torque can be hand removed. WTH when an impact gun won't take it loose and I know what the torque setting is on my gun. BTW.. my blade have two bolts per blade. 4 total bolts to remove.
Captplaid, your venture might involve some african engineering.[:D]0 -
mine here left handed, after i figured that out, i had torqued them so much the first time i had to heat them up, and use a 4 foot bar to get them loose 0 -
Time to trade for a SCAG! [:D] 
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quote:Originally posted by cartod
Tannerite.
and a bmg[}:)] lets do it......[:0]0 -
I lift them up with a forklift (I have two, one in Alpine, and the other in Boise) then walk under them and use an 18 volt DeWalt impact to remove the blades (they are standard rt. hand threads). Before I reinstall the bolts I use copper anti-seize on the threads. Never had a problem. The anti-seize is the key.
But I did learn to blow off the top of the mower deck every time I mow. The old Murray I used to have rotted out the three spindles, so I made some new ones out of Aluminum. I also put zerks on those new ones but I traded it off after that and bought the Deere.0 -
anti-seize is key. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Captplaid
anti-seize is key.
I would suppose your right, cut wet grass, don't clean the deck, grass creates oxidation.0 -
quote:Originally posted by fishkiller41
S F; Could they be Left-hand thread[?]
Jeff
ditto thinking the same thing0
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