Mowing Finish mower question

[George in MI]

I have a 6 foot finish mower and want to change the 3 cutting blades.

Are the nuts on the bottom that hold the blades on a normal right-tightening thread or a left handed thread? I can't loosen them in either direction but don't want to apply even more force without knowing which way loosens the nuts.

 

[steve0413]

Normal right tightening on my Woods finish mower. My weak memory tells me I had to use the air hammer to loosen them the first time.

 

[meister46]

Used to have a 6ft Rhino and they were left hand. Had to use an air hammer to get them loose. Hope this is not confusing.

 

[bbse]

First time I took the blades off my Land Pride I had to hold them with a chain and and use a heavy duty breaker bar with a pipe on it. I can't remember whether it was right hand or left hand threads. My suggestion is to try to move the bolt just a little one way or the other. Once it moves at all you should be able to get it out. Once I had mine out I put them back with anti seize lube. They came out a lot easier after that.

 

[whistlepig]

I have never taken a blade off of a mower that the nuts weren't right hand.

 

[windy acers]

woods RM 59 FIVE FOOT(the older one large pulley) is right to loosen and left to tighten.

 

[lakngulf]

I gave mine (Land Pride) a quick try one day and could not move them. I have recently bought an angle grinder and will sharpen with it. Don't know what I will do when time to replace.

 

[bbse]

I gave mine (Land Pride) a quick try one day and could not move them. I have recently bought an angle grinder and will sharpen with it. Don't know what I will do when time to replace.

Like I said in my earlier post, get a chain, a heavy duty breaker bar and a pipe. Put them back in with anti seize lube and you won't have a problem getting them out. Now if I could just get the stump jumper off my KK brush cutter to fix that bad seal I would really be doing something.

 

[lakngulf]

Like I said in my earlier post, get a chain, a heavy duty breaker bar and a pipe. Put them back in with anti seize lube and you won't have a problem getting them out. Now if I could just get the stump jumper off my KK brush cutter to fix that bad seal I would really be doing something.

I will give that a try.

 

[novi408]

If you can get your hands on an impact wrench, it will make things a lot easier. I serviced my blades for the first time a few weeks ago and used a battery impact wrench and it worked great. Bolts/nuts were standard direction.