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Lawn mower blades

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Anyone ever change theirs? I love my air tools, never really had much of a problem with them. I have a scag 61” deck mower, could not get a single blade off of it. Like seriously. Yes I know some are reverse thread, I checked mine isnt. Pretty sad about it honestly.


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I've always just sharpened them on the mower. I've removed them in the past but never really need to
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[quote=""Duck Vader""]I've always just sharpened them on the mower. I've removed them in the past but never really need to[/quote]

Didn’t look like enough room to do that? I’ve never sharpened any before so maybe you know something I don’t?



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They have tools you can use to sharpen them on the mower. However it is best to remove them, especially on a larger mower so you can make sure they are even and balanced. I just have a push mower but my parents had a rider and I remember removing them and using a table grinder on them.

I currently use something like this

Smith's 50603 Mower Blade Sharpener https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VTO5N2G/re ... 1EbJEW1YG9

And I can sharpen them on the mower.
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I popped mine off with a leather glove and a breaker bar :d ontknow:
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Always taken mine off to sharpen. Not hard to do. Use a leather glove like Jeff said. They aren't going to be that sharp anyway. That way you can make sure they are mostly balanced. Even on a small 22" mower, its best to get them balanced. I just hang it on a bolt in the middle and see if it falls either direction to determine if it is balanced.
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Hmmmm. I put a socket in the bottom and my impact on top and hit it hard. Nothing happened.


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Maybe your impact sucks? I mean, mine is just a walk behind, but I use a 3/8 battery impact to remove my blade without issue.
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Mine rocks on anything I’ve come across.

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I've never had issues getting my blade off my mower, had to use an impact, but always came off with ease. :d ontknow:
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[quote=""DCIV""]Hmmmm. I put a socket in the bottom and my impact on top and hit it hard. Nothing happened.


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Why are you trying to do maintenance on the free mower shouldn't you just throw it out?
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[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Why are you trying to do maintenance on the free mower shouldn't you just throw it out?[/quote]

Brilliant!


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Put the mower in the garage. Let it soak with PB blaster. Still not budging. At this point I’m thinking something is wrong with my impact.


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Breaker bar.
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[quote=""Jeff V.""]I popped mine off with a leather glove and a breaker bar :d ontknow:[/quote]

Same here. Used a block of wood too.
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What, no muscle?
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[quote=""ChargerX3""]What, no muscle?[/quote]

It’s more that I need one below to hold and one above to turn and that’s hard to do by myself.


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Can't just block the blade with a block of wood and twist it off with a breaker bar?
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