mower blade problems

[Eric_Phillips]

This is actually a Ferris Pro Cut 32. The cut height is adjusted several ways. The deck height is adjusted by three slots where the deck attaches to the frame. The guage wheels on the front then have spacers on the spindles. The blade height is then adjusted but moving spacers from the top to bottom of the blade spindle. There is a chart in the manual to tell you what settings give you what cutting height. The deck has always been as high as it can go I just moved the blades up a couple spacers when I changed the blades.

There are no keyways or pins to hold the blades in a specific orientation. So when tightening the nut the blades can move until everything is sufficiently tight. Also the spindles are turned with a simple pulley and V-belt. Now it is not the easiest thing to do but it is possible to grab one of the blades and turn it in relation to the other blades if there is something like a pair of locking pliers keeping the other blades from turning.

I think I will take another look just to make sure I didn't put a blade on upside down and measure the height of the blade tips to ensure nothing is bent then maybe split the difference of where they were previously and where they are now. See if that helps. Thanks for all the help.

 

[Eric_Phillips]

For some strange reason I feel compelled to up date people on what has been going on with my mower. Several weeks ago I was out mowing again and it just seemed like one blade was just not cutting. So when I was done I raised the deck to take a look. Sure enough that blade had magically flipped over. Of course I would have never but it on upside down That helped a lot but I still do notice that it is missing things between the blades. I will look into lowering the blades and possibly trying another brand to get more lift. Thanks for the help.