How to Change Lawn Mower Blades

Change Lawn Mower Blades: Lawnmowers are a great option that you need to keep the environment near your safe and clean. However, they are the ones used to cut and chop grasses or weeds in your lawn and garden. Because of the cutting of mowing over the occasional rock, the Blade will begin to dull and chip; thus, why you will need to fix the Blade with some sharp ones. You can also realize if the Blade is dull, or patches of the lines of the grass in the areas that have just mowed. Sometime you can almost feel that the engine is over laboring itself to cut grass. This will take you half an hour to change the old Blade to the new one if you have the right tools.

How to Change Lawn Mower Blades

• Find what size tool is needed

For you to get the size of the required device here, you will look it up in the user’s manual for the mower or the internet tool that needs to be bought. In case you got the right tools and on the proper size the that will be easier to put socket or wrench onto the bolt to get the right size.

• Prepare the mower

You need then to gutter the gas as of your lawnmower. You pull spark plug wire able from the plug earlier you do any upkeep on the lawnmower blade. It will ensure you’re mower can’t start while you are working.  After you have done with all this, you need to turn mower on the sideways with air filter opposite up to retain oil since filling the carburetor.

• Find the place to change your Blade

Getting a proper place to change the Blade can be easier for the process. You need to get more space to the mower while you are working. However, it will also depend on the type of the mower used. The mower that is parked on the to of the raised piece of the ground it will be mandatory to use the parking:

It would help if you found the place to park

Switch the parking brake to the on position

You then need to turn the engine off and you let the mower cool if is hot

Finally, you place block in the front of the behind a tire

• Loosen the Blade

It would help if you loosened the bolt field the lawnmower blade on the ambition shaft via wrench or socket. Once you have done that, you need to turn the screw counter clock wise towards do that. You then grip your Blade by a gloved hand by way of you continue loosening the bolt to retain Blade from falling allowed. After you have removed Blade, then you wrench the Blade off the chute.

• Taking off the Blade

Once you have done loosen to take off, Blade is a quick and straightforward process. Although it is recommended to wear gloves while doing this for you to protect your hands from getting cut or injuries. Wearing gloves will guard your hands from receiving the grease.

Once the right socket is found you need to turn the ratchet switch to the right

Then after place, the plug on the bolt and you grab the Blade with other hands

It would help if you twisted the ratchet counterclockwise to loosen the bolt.

• Mounting the new blades

If you use new washer and nuts of the appropriate line up to the replacement blades in the proper position. You can consult the owner manual to get the right direction for your torque specs needed to tighten your nuts. Don’t also tighten the nuts since it can cause unwanted vibration in the mower.

• Test the mower

After you have done replacing the dull blades with sharp one, then what needed is to place Blade back onto the mower. It would help if you reconnected the spur plug wire, and you increase the gas. Preparing the engine if it will be needed. You can then start mower then you attend to any noise it produces from mower deck. You are the require to cut a small quantity of the grass to review if the cutting is cleaned. It would help if you tightened the bolt clockwise. If the screw is hand tightened you will need to use the ratchet or wrench. Finally, turn your mower blade in the circle a few minutes to make sure Blade does not catch each other.