Re: (ET) Ok, which way do the blades go?

[Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

Ah, maybe that's it. The reason is this:

In order to have the blades with the lowest tip point towards the grass 
I had to mount them so they spin CCW from the view of the bottom of the 
motor.

All three of my motors were spinning the wrong way when mounted in my 
new deck. I had to change the wires to make it fit properly.

Looking at the instructions included with my new blades it looks like 
the lowest point should be facing the motor, not the grass.

So maybe that's the way to do it for mid-mount decks, but not front-mount?

Meantime the new blades are nice. Much sharper and better balanced, 
there is still some vibration from one of my newer motors and I'll have 
to figure that out sometime. But lots better.

C


On 6/14/2019 7:20 AM, tb wrote:
> According a couple of pictures in the factory Assembly  Procedure section, the 
> tips of the blades point up—at least on the mid-mount deck. ;-)
>
> Thon
>
> On Jun 13, 2019, at 1:31 PM, Harold Zimmerman - Clean Power Supply 
> <cleanpower mailbug com> wrote:
> > Chris,
> > The tips of the blades drop down to the grass.
> > Sincerely,
> > Harold Zimmerman
> >
> > On June 13, 2019 at 1:29pm -0400, you wrote:
> >
> > > Wow, I got two answers, CCW from the top, and CCW from the bottom. Oi.
> > >
> > > C
> > >
> > > On 6/13/2019 10:27 AM, john j casey wrote:
> > > > As you sit on the seat it be counterclockwise.  Looking at the blade, the 
> > > > bent part (just opposite the nasty edge) is toward the motor.  How do I 
> > > > know this?when removing blade for sharpening I need a glove for the left 
> > > > hand.
> > > > Jack
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Jun 13, 2019, at 9:44 AM, Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > When viewing the blades from underneath the deck, do they rotate clockwise 
> > > > > or counterclockwise?
> > > > >
> > > > > Are the blades mounted like this
> > > > >
> > > > >   Motor
> > > > > _------_
> > > > >   Grass
> > > > >
> > > > > Or this
> > > > > _     _
> > > > > -----
> > > > > Grass
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > C
> > > > >
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