Maintenance - Yard Works 270-1252 Operator's Manual

MAINTENANCE

REPLACING THE CUTTING BLADE (See Figure 12-13)
WARNING
Always protect your hands by wearing heavy gloves and/or wrapping the cutting edges
with rags or other materials when performing any maintenance on the blades. ALWAYS
remove the isolator key when servicing or transporting the mower.
Use only a GREENWORKS replacement blade.
• REMOVE BATTERY.
• While wearing leather padded gloves, wedge a block of wood between the blade and the
mower deck in order to prevent the blade from turning when the nut is being removed.
• Using a 15 mm wrench or socket, loosen the blade nut (1) and remove the blade (4). Turn
the nut "COUNTER-CLOCKWISE" to loosen it and "CLOCKWISE" to tighten it.
• Remove the blade nut (1), the square washer(2), the insulator washer(3), and the blade.
• To re-install the blade, position the blade with the cutting edges toward the ground.
Assemble the blade nut, the square washer, and the insulator washer as shown. Using a 15
mm socket or wrench, turn the blade nut "CLOCKWISE" in order to secure the blade.
NOTE: Be sure to replace the parts in the exact order in which they were removed. When
installing the cutting blade, verify that it is installed with the curved ends pointing toward
the mower deck, and not toward the ground. Refer to the schematic drawing on page 32
of this manual.
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3
2
Fig. 12
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Fig. 13