Blade Service (continued)
Checking for Bent Blades
The machine must be on a level surface for this procedure.
1. Raise the mower deck to the highest height-of-cut position.
2. While wearing thickly padded gloves, or other adequate hand protection, slowly rotate
the blade into a position that allows you to measure the distance between the cutting
edge and the level surface.
3. Measure from the tip of the blade to the level surface.
4. Rotate the same blade 180 degrees so that the opposite blade edge is now in the same
position.
5. Measure from the tip of the blade to the level surface.
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Blade (in position for measuring)
Level surface
Measured distance between blade
and the surface (A)
Blade edge previous measured
Opposite blade edge
Blade (in position for measuring)
Level surface
Measured distance between blade
and the surface (B)
Maintenance: Mower-Deck Maintenance