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A bearing that's failing will many times run at a elevated temperature compared to like bearings . You can check the temperature with your hand . Kill it after mowing a few minutes and compare the temp. of all like bearings .

With a extra vise a quick jig to hold a blade so the hand grinder can grind on the top edge . This blade gets about 30° and three 2 xs gives that angle close enough . BTW , this is a original J D blade from a 350X and it's no harder to file than mild steel . So much for heat treatment .

Using glyphosate wick each clump with a sponge .

Just in case someone didn't understand blade overlap in the previous pic i did a little photo work to make things clearer .

Looks as if 2 decks were welded together without the offset recommended in #13 so the blades will always hit each other .

Looks as if 2 decks were welded together without the offset recommended in #13 so the blades will always hit each other .