Removing Blade Shaft Assembly In a Husqvarna Shrub Removal Tractor
The blade shaft assembly on your Husqvarna Grass Care nut Fort Lauderdale tractor is usually called the blade mandrel assembly. The blade mandrel assembly is mounted to the top of the mowing deck by mounting straps. The mowing deck drive belt and drive belt pulley power the blade mandrel, which turns the mowing blade. Like any other moving machine part, the sword mandrel shaft is exposed to wear from general use, but bent and unbalanced mowing blades hasten blade shaft assembly wear. Damaged blade mandrel shafts have to be removed for replacement.
Park the Lawn Care service Littleton tractor on a flat surface, and place the backyard tractor parking brake to avoid the Lawn Care cost Bakersfield tractor from rolling or shifting while removing the mowing deck. Unplug the spark plug lead from the spark plug to prevent the engine from accidentally beginning.
Eliminate the mowing deck from beneath the tractor frame. Lean the deck on its side against a good surface for easy access into the deck sword mandrel and blade.
Fit a wooden block between the blade edge and inside deck casing to prevent the blade from turning when removing it in the blade mandrel shaft.
Unscrew the mowing blade retaining bolt in the blade mandrel shaft with a socket and breaker bar. Pull the mowing blade retaining bolt and flat washer from the blade mandrel shaft to get the blade. Slide the mowing sword from the star-shaped blade mandrel shaft.
Put the mowing deck back on a solid working surface with the mowing deck drive belt pulleys facing upward. Unscrew the blade mandrel pulley guard maintaining bolts with a socket wrench. Lift the blade mandrel pulley guard out of the top of the deck to get the mowing deck drive belt. Eliminate the mowing deck drive belt from round the blade mandrel pulley.
Wrap a strap wrench round the blade mandrel pulley to hold the pulley in place while removing the blade mandrel pulley retaining bolt. Hold the strap wrench with one hand while unscrewing the blade mandrel pulley retaining nut with a socket wrench. Pull the blade mandrel pulley and flat washer in the blade mandrel pulley shaft to get the blade mandrel maintaining bolts.
Establish the mowing deck on its side to get the blade mandrel assembly mounting bolt heads in addition to the mowing deck along with the sword mandrel assembly retaining nuts on the bottom of the mowing deck. Put a box-end wrench on the blade mandrel assembly mounting bolt heads on the top mowing deck to protect against the mounting bolt from turning when loosening the sword mandrel maintaining nuts.
Hold the box-end wrench with one hand on the top of the mowing deck while unscrewing the blade mandrel assembly retaining nuts with a socket wrench. Put the mowing deck with the mowing deck sword mandrel assembly facing upward; pull on the blade mandrel mounting straps in the top blade mandrel. Lift the blade mandrel assembly in the top of the mowing deck.
