Dennisfly
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- Joined
- Nov 9, 2003
- Messages
- 273
- Tractor
- John Deere 4410
I have an old Woods Dixie Cutter that I bought used. It works well, but it needs the blades sharpened. I thought I would take them off and sharpen them on a grinder. I removed the bolt on each blade that holds two retaining plates that hold each blade to the cross piece that attaches to the gear box. The retaining plates came off, but the large pin that holds each blade to the cross piece will not budge even after some persuasion with a pipe and hammer. I applied some WD-40, will let it set, and then go back with a propane torch to heat the crosspiece and a bigger hammer. Is this the correct technique, or am I missing something?