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Re: (ET) one blade not cutting well



are you sure that motor is spinning in the right direction?  it is not 
uncommon
for this machines to have one or all the motor wired backwards!


>
>       With the gator blades on (and even when I put the original blades
> back on), the far right blade on my E15 was not cutting well. It seems
> that the motor wasn't spinning that one fast enough, and with the Gator
> Blades, the slow speed resulted in grass accumulating in the "teeth" on
> the backside of the blade, eventually stopping it from spinning 
> altogether
> (which then resulted in lots of grass building up around the blade).
>       I swapped all of the gator blades out for the regular Elec-Trak
> blades, and it cut somewhat better since it was at least spinning that
> right blade, and it couldn't accumulate grass in it, but it still didn't
> really cut the grass much - apparently spinning too slow (also the Gator
> Blades used quite a bit more power, especially as the grass built up in
> that blade, and I a couple times had the other mower motors shut off due
> to the thermal breaker cutting out).
>       So - I need to figure out why that blade isn't cutting well. It
> seems that the motor for some reason just isn't spinning it fast enough.
> What could be the cause of this? Perhaps worn brushes (but not
> *completely* worn such that it doesn't spin at all)?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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