I've got a John Deere L110 lawn tractor that I want to replace the mower
blades on. Today I drove it up onto a set of car ramps and reached up
under it to try to remove the two blades. All I managed to accomplish
today was refill the tires with air and remove some twine that had
wrapped itself tenaciously around the hub of the blade. As for
loosening the two end caps that actually hold the blades on: forget it.
I couldn't budge any of them.

Looking in the owner's manual says they're supposed to be torqued to 42
ft-lbs. Well, even using a piece of pipe as a cheat, I got nowhere.
Are these things reversed threaded? Is there a trick I don't know? I
was using a 1/2" socket wrench with a 15mm socket. Maybe I need to move
up to a bigger wrench?

I hate to pay for something I should be able to do myself.




Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerd at carolina.rr.com