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Clamp To Prevent Lawnmower Blade From Revolving When Changing ? Robert11 06-11-2008
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Posted by S. Barker on June 11, 2008, 11:17 am
It's called a 6" piece of 2x4. Jam it between the blade and something
underneath the deck.

s


> Hello,
>
> I read somewhere that "they" make a small clamp gadget to go on the
> underside of a lawnmower deck to hold the blade stationary and prevent
> rotation when one is putting on a new blade.
>
> The kids at HD didn't know what i was talking about, and I couldn't find
> anything there like this.
>
> Anyone happen to know what HD, or possibly ACE Hardware, actually calls
> these gadgets, or who makes ?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
>



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Posted by Tony Hwang on June 11, 2008, 11:26 am
S. Barker wrote:
> It's called a 6" piece of 2x4. Jam it between the blade and something
> underneath the deck.
>
> s
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I read somewhere that "they" make a small clamp gadget to go on the
>> underside of a lawnmower deck to hold the blade stationary and prevent
>> rotation when one is putting on a new blade.
>>
>> The kids at HD didn't know what i was talking about, and I couldn't find
>> anything there like this.
>>
>> Anyone happen to know what HD, or possibly ACE Hardware, actually calls
>> these gadgets, or who makes ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>
>
>
Hmmm.
I just grab the blade with gloved hand and wrench on the other hand.
Worked all the time.

Posted by S. Barker on June 11, 2008, 12:47 pm
That SHOULD work. BUT people tend to think lawnmower blades need to be
tightened to hell and back when a simple finger tight will do. They are
self tightening. (unless you have one of those cheesy spline type hookups
on a cheapy mower)

s



>>
> Hmmm.
> I just grab the blade with gloved hand and wrench on the other hand.
> Worked all the time.



Posted by Husky on June 12, 2008, 6:22 pm
They are NOT self tightening. The blade hub should prevent any rotation
on the shaft, which would be required for it to be self tightening.
Further, the blade is part of the "flywheel" on almost every consumer
walk behind rotary mower. As part of the "flywheel", it must be secured
tightly to prevent chucking back and forth on the shaft. If you don't
believe it is part of the "flywheel", try pulling the rope with the
blade off and see how hard your arm gets pulled out of the shoulder socket.

S. Barker wrote:
> That SHOULD work. BUT people tend to think lawnmower blades need to be
> tightened to hell and back when a simple finger tight will do. They are
> self tightening. (unless you have one of those cheesy spline type hookups
> on a cheapy mower)
>
> s
>
>
>
>> Hmmm.
>> I just grab the blade with gloved hand and wrench on the other hand.
>> Worked all the time.
>
>

Posted by S. Barker on June 13, 2008, 2:10 pm
We are both right. It depends on the mower. I was thinking mostly of
commercial multiblade riders. A push mower is NOT generally selftightening.
But they still don't have to be tightened with a six foot cheater like some
people think.

s


> They are NOT self tightening. The blade hub should prevent any rotation on
> the shaft, which would be required for it to be self tightening. Further,
> the blade is part of the "flywheel" on almost every consumer walk behind
> rotary mower. As part of the "flywheel", it must be secured tightly to
> prevent chucking back and forth on the shaft. If you don't believe it is
> part of the "flywheel", try pulling the rope with the blade off and see
> how hard your arm gets pulled out of the shoulder socket.
>
> S. Barker wrote:
>> That SHOULD work. BUT people tend to think lawnmower blades need to be
>> tightened to hell and back when a simple finger tight will do. They are
>> self tightening. (unless you have one of those cheesy spline type
>> hookups on a cheapy mower)
>>
>> s
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hmmm.
>>> I just grab the blade with gloved hand and wrench on the other hand.
>>> Worked all the time.
>>


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