MOWER BLADES AND COMMON PROBLEMS

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Mower blades are one of the most important parts of your lawn mower,since thats the whole purpose of the mower is to cutt.So its only natural that they are commonly overlooked until they give problems.Uneven cutts or streaks left in the middle of a two blade cutt such as a 42 inch cutt.

By middle summer blades will need to be changed or sharpened most of the time,usually you can take them off and sharpen with a bench grinder or a side hand held grinder,which is a wise investment since it will pay for itself over time by saving at least one set of blades a year by sharpening.There are several types of blades, mulching blades,gator blades, wing type blades. Mulching blades are suppossed to cutt and recutt grass clippings, leaving a fine residue behind of grass clippings.

One thing to remember when installing your new blades on, craftsman, poulan, husqvarna,or any mower with a star type hole in the middle is to make sure you get it to fit exact before you tighten the blade,because if you dont the blade will slip and actually wear the star imprint out and blade will continue to slip until you change the spindle assymbly.One indication of this is the mower will fail to cutt high grass because of blade slippage.Some of the spindle assymblies on todays riding mowers can be expensive.