Trouble Removing Riding Lawnmower Blades

[poncho62]

Go to the local garage and get him to zip it off with the impact gun....Likely wont even charge you, or very little iff he does

 

[SeniorCitizen]

A sledge is not a very good po boy impactor because of low velocity issues.

Try standing the deck on edge, shim the correct size socket to the nut with a piece of your favorite cereal box top and try a 2x4 about 3 ft. long giving it a Mickey Mantle swing.

Pictured is a pulley nut not the blade nut but the same procedure applies.

 

[wjjones]

Go to the local garage and get him to zip it off with the impact gun....Likely wont even charge you, or very little iff he does

Thats what i would do as well..

 

[Briana]

Hey there - WELCOME to LMF! :smile:

I moved your thread to the General Mower Discussion Forum. Good luck!

 

[Dameon]

I tried WD40, Liquid Wrench, & PB Blaster. I also got hold of a torch and tried that. Nothing. I finally just tossed the deck into the back of my truck and went around to some garages. The local car-garage mechanic types didn't want to touch it for fear of the blade. Then, I ran into another guy who also does some of his own lawn mower repairs and he had a set of air tools! So, I took the deck over to his place and we were finally able to break the nuts free and get them off.

I changed the blades and applied some Anti-Seize, but I put the nuts back on manually with the socket wrench.

My thanks to those who responded!

 

[BKBrown]

Glad you got them off ! :thumbsup:
Sometimes an impact wrench is the only way to get things free !

 

[reddragon]

take a few pictures please

 

[Gil]

Don't keep us in suspense....did you get the blade/blades removed? Lot of good tips in replies. I had trouble getting blades off my ZeroTurn. Finally added a breaker bar to my 3/4 drive hinge handle. Breaker bar is a 36 inch pipe that just fits over the hinge handle. When re-installed used anti-seize compound on threads.

 

[BKBrown]

Go back and review the thread - He got them off :smile: -- I wondered for a while too.

 

[cottom]

Apply Rustbuster of some sort, wait a day, then get that 1/2 inch impact, with an proper size black impact socket out, and air do all the work. A impact while shake it loose where shear torque by hand will end up breaking something.

A Harbor Freight 1/2 inch impact is less than $30.