Honda Power Equipment H2013SDA

3. Wearing heavy gloves, clean the dirt and grass from the blades

and the inside of the mower deck.

4. Hold each blade firmly, or block it with a piece of wood, and use a

torque wrench to check bolt torque on the blade bolts.

Blade bolts tightening torque: 60 N.m (43.4 ft-lb)

BLADE REMOVAL

Before attempting to remove and install a blade, be sure you have the

proper tools and equipment, including a torque wrench to tighten the

blade bolt and heavy gloves to protect your hands from the blade.

Remove the mower deck from the lawn tractor; (see page 77).

Block movement of the blade with a block of wood.

Put on heavy

gloves; loosen

the blade bolt

and special

washer.

Note how the BLADE BOLT

cone-shaped

washer is aligned CONE-SHAPED WASHER-

on the pulley

shaft. The side BLADE-

marked INSIDE

goes toward the BLADE HOLDER

blade PULLEY SHAFT

Remove the

blade and blade

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