Re: (ET) Mower Deck blades!

[Christopher Zach <czach computer org>]

steve39 mindspring com wrote:
> When I pulled mine out of the shed where my parents had discarded it I 
> found the same problem.  They complained that it just didn't cut well.  
> I found two of the blades were mounted wrong (great way to conserve a 
> sharp blade but doesn't cut too well) and that the one motor they had 
> replaced was turning the wrong direction.  I remember telling Bill about 
> it and he told me it was a very common issue with his customers. 

Yup, happened to me too. I like to put the deck up, then spin the motors 
up with the tractor, then unplug the deck and watch the motors coast 
down. Every time I do a motor swap *one* of them is going backwards.

Chris