I removed the blades from my 60" King Kutter rotary cutter to sharpen them. Now I am trying to reattach them. From reading other posts, I have discovered that:
1) The blades need to be balanced, and
2) The bolts need to be torqued sufficiently so the blades do not become projectiles.
I have not seen any posts regarding aligning the blades when trying to tighten the bolts. I would expect that the blades need to be oriented in a straight line to prevent damaging vibrations, but I have been having trouble getting the blades to stay straight while I tighten the nuts.
I removed the nuts holding the blades on through the top deck access hole, so that I did not have to remove the stump-jumper. Now I am beginning to think that it would have been easier to remove the entire assembly to sharpen the blades (or sharpen the blades in place).
Any suggestions?
1) The blades need to be balanced, and
2) The bolts need to be torqued sufficiently so the blades do not become projectiles.
I have not seen any posts regarding aligning the blades when trying to tighten the bolts. I would expect that the blades need to be oriented in a straight line to prevent damaging vibrations, but I have been having trouble getting the blades to stay straight while I tighten the nuts.
I removed the nuts holding the blades on through the top deck access hole, so that I did not have to remove the stump-jumper. Now I am beginning to think that it would have been easier to remove the entire assembly to sharpen the blades (or sharpen the blades in place).
Any suggestions?