Blade Installation - Land Pride 357-344M Operator's Manual

Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication
Refer to Figure 5-20:
5. Sharpen blade by following the grinding pattern
shown in Figure 5-20.
a. Grind cutting edge at the same bevel as the
original angle. (27 1/2 degrees).
b. Sharpen only the top of the cutting edge to
maintain sharpness.
c. Touch-up sharpening can be done with a file.
Resharpening
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Blade Resharpening
Figure 5-20
Refer to Figure 5-21:
6. Remove an equal amount of material from each end
of the blade to keep blade in balance. Check blade
balance as follows:
a. Positioning center of blade horizontally on a nail
or shaft. See Figure 5-21.
b. If either end of the blade rotates downward, grind
(remove) metal on that end until blade will
balance horizontally on the nail or shaft.
c. Resharpened blades can be installed after they
have been properly sharpened and balanced.
HORIZONTAL
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Blade Balancing
Figure 5-21
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Cutting Edge Pattern
NAIL OR SHAFT

Blade Installation

!
WARNING
When mounting blades, rotate them after installation to ensure
blade tips do not touch each other or sides of the mower.
!
WARNING
Failure to torque blade bolt properly may result in the blade
coming loose and falling off causing a serious injury.
IMPORTANT: Replace mower blades with Land
Pride blades only.
IMPORTANT: Always install blades with cutting
edge facing direction of blade spindle rotation and
with wing tips pointing up towards bottom of deck.
IMPORTANT: Do not re-use blade bolts which have
stripped, worn or undercut threads. For proper blade
bolt torque value. see "Additional Torque Values"
on page 57.
Refer to Figure 5-2 on page 32:
1. Reinstall sharpened or new cutting blades (#14),
blade washer (#13), and blade bolt (#12). Care
should be taken when installing blade bolt to not get
it cross threaded.
2. Tighten blade bolt to the correct torque. See
"Additional Torque Values" on page 57 for correct
torque values.
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