deadstick
Silver Member
I thought I would ask this here to see if anyone has run into this or has any ideas....
My 60" mower has been working great and then all of a sudden while I was mowing I heard this huge clanking noise. I shut her down and then turn her on and it starts clanking again. So I stop the tractor and move the blades by hand and notice that one of the side blades is now rubbing on the edge of the mower casing. The opposite side blade has about 1/8" space between it and the casing while this one now rubs. The blade is bolted on through a center hole so there is no wiggle room there.
I swap the two outer blades and the new blade still rubs. It looks like to me that the spindle must have moved but for the life of me it looks just fine. This thing is bolted on and doesn't look like it could move...
I don't think the casing has been bent because it is very thick and looks just like the opposite side. I opened the top part where you can see the pulleys and belt and everything looks normal, the belt is tight and when I hand rotate the blades everything seems to work ok.
I'm kind of confused how this blade is now rubbing. Any ideas?
My 60" mower has been working great and then all of a sudden while I was mowing I heard this huge clanking noise. I shut her down and then turn her on and it starts clanking again. So I stop the tractor and move the blades by hand and notice that one of the side blades is now rubbing on the edge of the mower casing. The opposite side blade has about 1/8" space between it and the casing while this one now rubs. The blade is bolted on through a center hole so there is no wiggle room there.
I swap the two outer blades and the new blade still rubs. It looks like to me that the spindle must have moved but for the life of me it looks just fine. This thing is bolted on and doesn't look like it could move...
I don't think the casing has been bent because it is very thick and looks just like the opposite side. I opened the top part where you can see the pulleys and belt and everything looks normal, the belt is tight and when I hand rotate the blades everything seems to work ok.
I'm kind of confused how this blade is now rubbing. Any ideas?