hammerblossom
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Need some guidance from someone who knows what he or she is doing,
I have a BX2350 for which I just purchased a MMM, model RCK5423BX. With the deck I bought a mulching kit. When removing the standard blades I found that blocking the blade with a piece of wood while turning the blade bolt didn't work, so I had to hold the upper spindle nuts with another wrench. No big problem. The center blade bolt came loose with the block of wood trick---fortunately.
THE PROBLEM: When I installed the new blades I again used the second wrench on the upper nuts in order to be able to torque the blade bolts to specs. The wood block won't hold the center spindle, however. The whole pulley/spindle assembly rotates. Since the gearbox is on top of the center spindle, how does one go about holding that spindle? I notice there's a round rubber seal in the top of the gearbox which displays the MMM model number. Is there a spindle nut to grab onto if that seal is removed?
(It would've been REALLY nice had Kubota's instruction manual addressed this issue. Can't believe it hasn't come up before.)
Thanks for your assistance.
Bill
I have a BX2350 for which I just purchased a MMM, model RCK5423BX. With the deck I bought a mulching kit. When removing the standard blades I found that blocking the blade with a piece of wood while turning the blade bolt didn't work, so I had to hold the upper spindle nuts with another wrench. No big problem. The center blade bolt came loose with the block of wood trick---fortunately.
THE PROBLEM: When I installed the new blades I again used the second wrench on the upper nuts in order to be able to torque the blade bolts to specs. The wood block won't hold the center spindle, however. The whole pulley/spindle assembly rotates. Since the gearbox is on top of the center spindle, how does one go about holding that spindle? I notice there's a round rubber seal in the top of the gearbox which displays the MMM model number. Is there a spindle nut to grab onto if that seal is removed?
(It would've been REALLY nice had Kubota's instruction manual addressed this issue. Can't believe it hasn't come up before.)
Thanks for your assistance.
Bill