Hello. The blades hit a solid brick and the central bolt broke releasing the two blades. Very scary. See picture. I cannot find where to purchase a new bolt (? and washer) to reattach these two blades. Yes, the remains of the bolt will first need extraction.
When I search websites for the bolt, it reads "two are required". But the bolt is single. Two friends scoped the Internet and looked at the manual, but no one can find a listing for this center bolt.
Happy to purchase an extra and also the two bolts which attach the blades together, although those two look fine.
Would enjoy seeing more than one link as would like the mower to work in fewer than four days from now.
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#2
sgkent
I suspect that it did more than shear the bolt that holds the blades on. It likely bent the crankshaft, certainly damaged the blade. You need the series number to look up the correct part. K4, K5, K6, K7, K8 etc. Look up the full serial number. The K8 for example uses an upper and lower blade, and there are three bolts - which are two outer and then the center bolt. I would put a dial runout gauge on it and see if the crank wobbles without the blade.
#3
MowerMark
Thank you. What you stated is slightly above my pay grade. I read somewhere that Honda purposefully makes the bolt the weakest part to prevent any other damage.
I have spare blades. Yes, this HRR2167VKA has upper and lower blades which is barely seen in the picture.
To be cost-effective, how about reattaching the blades with a Honda bolt, and see how the unit runs? If damage was done to more than sheering this central bolt, what would the user experience? Just vibration?
