Ronert Canan 2 #1 Posted March 6, 2020 Hello, new to the group... Just finished restoration on a Wheelhorse 607 with a 32” rear discharge deck... Blades (2) are making contact with each other in the center. The blades are 16” long, which makes sense. They obviously shouldn’t touch. These blades overlap by 1/4”. They are 16” blades, there is no such thing as a 15.5” blade??? What the heck 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,093 #2 Posted March 6, 2020 The blades on a gear drive deck are supposed to be at ninety degrees to each other. If you remove one of the sindles and turn it to 90 you should be good. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHNJ701 4,165 #3 Posted March 6, 2020 Nice looking machine, interesting with red rear and white front rims 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,791 #5 Posted March 7, 2020 Nice looking 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronert Canan 2 #6 Posted March 7, 2020 13 hours ago, 953 nut said: The blades on a gear drive deck are supposed to be at ninety degrees to each other. If you remove one of the sindles and turn it to 90 you should be good. Good to know, thanks 953 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Racinbob 11,045 #7 Posted March 7, 2020 There's woodruff keys on the shafts under the domes covers. One or both have been sheared. This is a pretty common occurrence on the gear drive decks and I remember my Dad having to replace them back in the 60's. Inspect the gears and I'm sure you'll see the issue. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronert Canan 2 #8 Posted March 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, Racinbob said: There's woodruff keys on the shafts under the domes covers. One or both have been sheared. This is a pretty common occurrence on the gear drive decks and I remember my Dad having to replace them back in the 60's. Inspect the gears and I'm sure you'll see the issue. Will take a look, thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,292 #9 Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) First off, welcome! This sounds like a good opportunity to pull the rotating parts out, check the keys on all 4 gears, grease and reassemble with the blades 90 degrees apart as previously suggested. This is the same principle as the old WW1 aircraft with the machine gun shooting thru the spinning propeller. It's all about the timing - when it goes wrong, the results are similar! Bill Edited March 7, 2020 by ri702bill 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronert Canan 2 #10 Posted March 8, 2020 10 hours ago, ri702bill said: First off, welcome! This sounds like a good opportunity to pull the rotating parts out, check the keys on all 4 gears, grease and reassemble with the blades 90 degrees apart as previously suggested. This is the same principle as the old WW1 aircraft with the machine gun shooting thru the spinning propeller. It's all about the timing - when it goes wrong, the results are similar! Bill Thank you Bill, shooting tracers across the lawn 😊. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ronert Canan 2 #11 Posted March 17, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 8:26 AM, Ronert Canan said: Will take a look, thanks MUCH easier said than done... but the right answer, THANK YOU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,037 #12 Posted March 17, 2020 You didn't use enough rsgs!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
