Rear Finish Mower My Woods RM48 blades fall off.

[RickB]

Woods has most of their manuals
on the WWW from what I remember
so that may be worth looking up if you
do not have a manual.

There's a fair amount of older Woods parts info that is not available online, even on the dealer access site. Unless a paper catalog is available, you have to get on the phone to Woods directly.

 

[onowino]

Yes leonz, I've found the manuals, but they are only good for a mower that is made suitable for the tractor they are attached to. My mower was made for a tractor with a backward PTO. So I'm trying to make what I have work.
I guess I'll try the blue loctite again, making sure everything is as clean and dry as I can get it and giving it a longer curing period. If that doesn't work I'll try red loctite. If that fails, my only two options will be to buy a set of new spindles (something far to expensive to do on an experimental basis), or sell the mower. Thanks for your help.
Fred

 

[onowino]

There's a fair amount of older Woods parts info that is not available online, even on the dealer access site. Unless a paper catalog is available, you have to get on the phone to Woods directly.

RickB, here's the problem , my mower wasn't made to be powered by a clock-wise PTO, which my B6100 has. Each of the three blades is supposed to turn clock-wise (looking at it from above) and the right hand threaded bolt holding it to the spindle, would tighten as it turns. With my PTO turning the blades counter-clockwise, and with the right hand threaded bolts, the blades soon becomes loose and fall off.
So what I'm actually trying to do is make the mower work backwards from the way it was intended. I have replaced the blades with a set suitable for the rotation produced by my PTO. (The previous owner had turned the old blades upside down in order to have the cutting edge lead the blade.) All that is necessary, and all I am looking for, is a way to stop the bolts from unscrewing and the blades from loosening. Thanks for your help.
Fred

 

[RickB]

RickB, here's the problem , my mower wasn't made to be powered by a clock-wise PTO, which my B6100 has. Each of the three blades is supposed to turn clock-wise (looking at it from above) and the right hand threaded bolt holding it to the spindle, would tighten as it turns. With my PTO turning the blades counter-clockwise, and with the right hand threaded bolts, the blades soon becomes loose and fall off.
So what I'm actually trying to do is make the mower work backwards from the way it was intended. I have replaced the blades with a set suitable for the rotation produced by my PTO. (The previous owner had turned the old blades upside down in order to have the cutting edge lead the blade.) All that is necessary, and all I am looking for, is a way to stop the bolts from unscrewing and the blades from loosening. Thanks for your help.
Fred

It ain't going to happen, period. You need spindles with LH blade hardware, or a tractor built to North American specifications.

 

[onowino]

Luckily my tractor is built to North American specifications.
A clockwise rotating PTO shaft is standard on the Kubota B6100D.
Going to happen or not, I'm going to tinker with it and see what I can come up with.
Fred
Oh, if you're a veteran, thanks.

 

[RickB]

Luckily my tractor is built to North American specifications.
A clockwise rotating PTO shaft is standard on the Kubota B6100D.
Going to happen or not, I'm going to tinker with it and see what I can come up with.
Fred
Oh, if you're a veteran, thanks.

My bad. PTO shaft with CW rotation facing the shaft is certainly to ASAE standard. My basic response is the same. You aren't going to squeeze anything out of a bottle that will fix your problem.

 

[2458n]

Throw alittle tack weld on everything and enjoy. Grinder or cutting wheel later.

 

[RickB]

Throw alittle tack weld on everything and enjoy. Grinder or cutting wheel later.

Not bad advise at all. You will need to tack everything together from the bolt head to the spindle shaft. Just don't ground the electrode through the spindle bearings.

 

[IslandTractor]

I like the Castle nut idea best. It does seem like the mower must be designed for different PTO rotation which is odd. Maybe Woods has a better solution but if the blade is held on by a removable bolt then why not just use a Castle nut?

 

[onowino]

Thanks for that idea 2458n.
I've already considered the weld but, starting with the bolt, there are two 5/8" cup washers, one 5/8" flat washer, the blade, one shoulder washer and one seal before I get to the spindle and everything above the blade is enclosed in the spindle housing.
Once it's together, the spindle is inexcessable and if I take it apart and weld all that together, it won't fit back inside the housing.
So I guess it's either the loctite or a FOR SALE sign.
I'll try to do something with it this weekend.
Fred