wheel horse mower deck model RM-367

[upstateyankee50 59]

to everyone that helped in the problem of my mower deck 'I want to thank all of you but during the time I needed help my wife had a heart attack and she had to go though open heart surgery which took a lot of my time to be here for her and help her doing the errands and house work which is the right thing to do as in any marriage it is a 2 way thing where we help each other but now that she is more active after a close to 2  month of doctor visits and home visits she is getting better ;so now again I could use some advice on this deck

first of all there is  little chucking in the blades which I am sure there is a bad key way in the shaft plus after seeing a wheel horse dealer whom I have dealt with for years first told me that the blades are the wrong ones but they are both 18 inches ;then he mentioned that I should use a set of 16 inch blades odd if I used then there would be skips in the lawn as they would not be cutting the whole length ;so after I did chat with A-Z tractor and he agreed as the using smaller blades ;he did mentioned that yes a bad key way and as well the blades need to be timed as one is suppose to be set at a 90 degree angle ;but really I do not have a clue as how to do that 'plus I didn't know there was a left or a right blade ;so again any help I sure would appreciate ;thanks guys really   

Edited April 25, 2021 by upstateyankee50

[roadapples 6,983]

Glad she's doing better...

[upstateyankee50 59]

43 minutes ago, roadapples said:

Glad she's doing better...

thank you 

 

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,033]

Have no idea why they would tell you to use blades for a 32" deck on a 36" deck. You will have a 2" stripe uncut in the middle.

8014 is the current set available.

https://www.psep1.biz/arinet.asp#/s/TO//8014/2/

 

RM-367 = 36" in 1967

RM-327 = 32" in 1967

 

It is a gear driven deck so once the gears are placed so the blades are 90 degrees to each other they stay that way.

Take one cover off the top, remove a snap ring above the gear, lift gear and rotate to 90 degrees. Make sure the key goes into the gear when you lower it back down.

 

Yes one blade rotates clockwise and the other counter-clockwise. Ground face up and facing the direction of blade travel.

 

Garry

[Ed Kennell 38,029]

Sorry to hear the bad news, but best wishes for a speedy complete recover  for your wife.

Garry has offered great advice on the correct blades and how to time the gear drive deck blades.

What is chucking and what makes you believe there is a bad key ?    Does one blade rotate when the other does not ?

If so, this must be repaired before timing the blades.

[upstateyankee50 59]

19 hours ago, upstateyankee50 said:

to everyone that helped in the problem of my mower deck 'I want to thank all of you but during the time I needed help my wife had a heart attack and she had to go though open heart surgery which took a lot of my time to be here for her and help her doing the errands and house work which is the right thing to do as in any marriage it is a 2 way thing where we help each other but now that she is more active after a close to 2  month of doctor visits and home visits she is getting better ;so now again I could use some advice on this deck

first of all there is  little chucking in the blades which I am sure there is a bad key way in the shaft plus after seeing a wheel horse dealer whom I have dealt with for years first told me that the blades are the wrong ones but they are both 18 inches ;then he mentioned that I should use a set of 16 inch blades odd if I used then there would be skips in the lawn as they would not be cutting the whole length ;so after I did chat with A-Z tractor and he agreed as the using smaller blades ;he did mentioned that yes a bad key way and as well the blades need to be timed as one is suppose to be set at a 90 degree angle ;but really I do not have a clue as how to do that 'plus I didn't know there was a left or a right blade ;so again any help I sure would appreciate ;thanks guys really   

WOW so many replies to answer my question not one thanks anyways 

[upstateyankee50 59]

On 4/25/2021 at 3:55 PM, upstateyankee50 said:

WOW so many replies to answer my question not one thanks anyways 

I found that though the years of being a member here in this group it is the same as another group I was in for years as restoring the older Colman lanterns and lamps plus more ;but though those years I did notice that most groups were clicks ;now if they needed a part they were cheap in there offers but if any one needed a part the price doubled 'with this group I have to say that a few members did reply and explain about the key ways and other issues that might be the problem and again I thank them for them for that but during the time after my wife had her open heart surgery and she was more important that a mower deck at that time but now as she is getting better I would really like to know how to time the blades as they don't hit and to really understand taking one of these apart to fix it ;no I do not need icons  as they don't help so due to all of the so called icons that are not needed but really some thoughts as to fix it as I do not have the time to be jerked off with these stupid icons so I am going to close my account; really is a icon going to tell me what I need to do to fix this deck sorry I don't think so so boys have a great life and yes like the lantern group rape another collector 

t 

[Jeff-C175 7,199]

Wow, not sure exactly what's going on there... 

[Ed Kennell 38,029]

6 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said:

Wow, not sure exactly what's going on there... 

 

Yeah, Garry gave him the blade timing details.    Clearly he has some other major issues that we can not resolve.   

[upstate yank 219]

On 4/27/2021 at 7:17 AM, Ed Kennell said:

 

Yeah, Garry gave him the blade timing details.    Clearly he has some other major issues that we can not resolve.   

yes you are correct as other things going on in my life and no I should had taken it out on most here as most have been very helpful; I really don't know what became of me when I sent that one reply other than the fact that my wife got some bad news the other day seeing her doctor as she was told her liver is failing plus her heart isn't pumping the best and kidney failure ;so really the open heart surgery created more issue than she had before ;so what to make of all of this but to support her the best way that I can and again I am so truly sorry in my actions here 'again thanks so much for the help 

 

[upstate yank 219]

On 4/26/2021 at 11:52 PM, upstateyankee50 said:

this message should had not been said ;sorry to everyone 

 

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,297]

Sorry to hear about your wife's bad news. 

[upstate yank 219]

On 4/26/2021 at 11:52 PM, upstateyankee50 said:

I found that though the years of being a member here in this group it is the same as another group I was in for years as restoring the older Colman lanterns and lamps plus more ;but though those years I did notice that most groups were clicks ;now if they needed a part they were cheap in there offers but if any one needed a part the price doubled 'with this group I have to say that a few members did reply and explain about the key ways and other issues that might be the problem and again I thank them for them for that but during the time after my wife had her open heart surgery and she was more important that a mower deck at that time but now as she is getting better I would really like to know how to time the blades as they don't hit and to really understand taking one of these apart to fix it ;no I do not need icons  as they don't help so due to all of the so called icons that are not needed but really some thoughts as to fix it as I do not have the time to be jerked off with these stupid icons so I am going to close my account; really is a icon going to tell me what I need to do to fix this deck sorry I don't think so so boys have a great life and yes like the lantern group rape another collector 

t 

again this message should not have been said as the years that I have been a member so many have been to helpful and yes I do have other issues but really they should had not been talked about here 'the thing is my wife still after 49 years and she was my high school sweet heart ;she and I both got some bad news as her health and it wasn't good 'but to take this out on others that should not had happened so again I am truly sorry 'I hope you guys can forgive the rude things that were said  

[upstate yank 219]

5 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

Sorry to hear about your wife's bad news. 

thank you and all we can do is to get though it the best that we can 

[upstate yank 219]

On 4/25/2021 at 6:28 AM, Ed Kennell said:

Sorry to hear the bad news, but best wishes for a speedy complete recover  for your wife.

Garry has offered great advice on the correct blades and how to time the gear drive deck blades.

What is chucking and what makes you believe there is a bad key ?    Does one blade rotate when the other does not ?

If so, this must be repaired before timing the blades.

thank you for your thoughts and no they both turn 

 

[upstate yank 219]

On 4/24/2021 at 10:00 PM, gwest_ca said:

Have no idea why they would tell you to use blades for a 32" deck on a 36" deck. You will have a 2" stripe uncut in the middle.

8014 is the current set available.

https://www.psep1.biz/arinet.asp#/s/TO//8014/2/

 

RM-367 = 36" in 1967

RM-327 = 32" in 1967

 

It is a gear driven deck so once the gears are placed so the blades are 90 degrees to each other they stay that way.

Take one cover off the top, remove a snap ring above the gear, lift gear and rotate to 90 degrees. Make sure the key goes into the gear when you lower it back down.

 

Yes one blade rotates clockwise and the other counter-clockwise. Ground face up and facing the direction of blade travel.

 

Garry

thanks Gary; I agree here and this came from a wheel horse dealer that I have known for years suggested this and I though to myself the same as far as the 2 inch cutting difference ;so now that you explained how to time them I will give it a try but really though the years of collecting and restoring I have never done this to any deck ;other than to change the blades and grease but it seems we are never to old to learn ;again thank you so much ;I will let you know how it goes 

[upstate yank 219]

1 minute ago, upstate yank said:

thanks Gary; I agree here and this came from a wheel horse dealer that I have known for years suggested this and I though to myself the same as far as the 2 inch cutting difference ;so now that you explained how to time them I will give it a try but really though the years of collecting and restoring I have never done this to any deck ;other than to change the blades and grease but it seems we are never to old to learn ;again thank you so much ;I will let you know how it goes 

Gary; now that I think about it when I bought this tractor and removed the deck and the left side cover I did notice that the snap ring was laying on top of the gear and really not knowing much about these decks I did attach the snap ring to the top of the gear ;so it seems the previous owner messed with it ;again thank you for the information and hopefully the blades will be fine 

[upstate yank 219]

On 4/25/2021 at 6:28 AM, Ed Kennell said:

Sorry to hear the bad news, but best wishes for a speedy complete recover  for your wife.

Garry has offered great advice on the correct blades and how to time the gear drive deck blades.

What is chucking and what makes you believe there is a bad key ?    Does one blade rotate when the other does not ?

If so, this must be repaired before timing the blades.

thank you for the comment and it seems we will have to take this day by dad and wish for the best; yes Garry did explain the timing issue and hopefully tomorrow I will be able to check it out ;again both blades do turn 'again thanks