Hey all,
I have a question concerning my big bee agri five rotary cutter. I picked it up off of a neighbor for cheap, and it had been sitting in a field on the ground for about 10 years. I fixed the PTO shaft, new bearings and ran it. It cut really well, then I ran over a metal pipe. no damage occurred, but one of the blades is no longer rigidly mounted. I used it a couple times after this happened and the only thing I noticed was when I initially engaged my pto, the tractor would wiggle a bit. once spinning, no problems. cuts fine. I assume the wiggle is from the blade needing the centripetal force to go from partially folded in to straight out.
anyway, I had parked the cutter over the winter, brought it into my garage this spring to give the gearbox a oil change, clean up the scale, cut a hole and try and tighten the blade so its rigidly mounted like the other one. Problem I am running into is that the nut is seized something fierce. It has defeated my 1/2" impact, a breaker bar with a 4 ft cheater, and several shots of Acetone/atf mix. My next step will be heat, but my question is this: How bad is it to run with the blade loose? I am not mowing a large area, I highly doubt that it will loosen up and come flying out, and once running it doesn't seem to have a adverse effect on the tractor. I know some rotary cutters have blade setups that fold in, so this is why I am asking.
My overall obvious goal would be to get it tightened up, I just don't know how long that is going to take. trying to get some clarification since I am relatively new to tractors and big equipment like this.
What it looked like when I got it.
the offender thru the new hole I had to make.
Any help you guys can provide would be great.
I have a question concerning my big bee agri five rotary cutter. I picked it up off of a neighbor for cheap, and it had been sitting in a field on the ground for about 10 years. I fixed the PTO shaft, new bearings and ran it. It cut really well, then I ran over a metal pipe. no damage occurred, but one of the blades is no longer rigidly mounted. I used it a couple times after this happened and the only thing I noticed was when I initially engaged my pto, the tractor would wiggle a bit. once spinning, no problems. cuts fine. I assume the wiggle is from the blade needing the centripetal force to go from partially folded in to straight out.
anyway, I had parked the cutter over the winter, brought it into my garage this spring to give the gearbox a oil change, clean up the scale, cut a hole and try and tighten the blade so its rigidly mounted like the other one. Problem I am running into is that the nut is seized something fierce. It has defeated my 1/2" impact, a breaker bar with a 4 ft cheater, and several shots of Acetone/atf mix. My next step will be heat, but my question is this: How bad is it to run with the blade loose? I am not mowing a large area, I highly doubt that it will loosen up and come flying out, and once running it doesn't seem to have a adverse effect on the tractor. I know some rotary cutters have blade setups that fold in, so this is why I am asking.
My overall obvious goal would be to get it tightened up, I just don't know how long that is going to take. trying to get some clarification since I am relatively new to tractors and big equipment like this.
What it looked like when I got it.
the offender thru the new hole I had to make.
Any help you guys can provide would be great.
