Hi
I have owned a 17" Scott Bonnar 45 for a few years but it has sat in the shed in the last couple as we have a lot of grass to mow and so relied on a Honda rotary self propelled.
However I have recently built myself a 100 square metre golf green with the intention of relying on the SB 45 to do the job of mowing it close. I got it sharpened last year and haven't used it a lot since but when I got it going last weekend it is inclined to tear rather than cut the grass
It won't cut a piece of paper, it seems that there is more than a paper's width clearance between the bedknife and the reel - at least two papers width. Does it need resharpening or just adjusting?
I have also had some fun with the clutch - when I first dragged it out of the shed the cotter pin fell out but I have had the mower going expecting that to happen again but it hasn't - not sure that I trust it though. I have been reading a lot of the threads including excellent helpful videos from Deejay and it sounds like the cotter pin is a common problem
The grass deflector plates are forever becoming loose despite tightening them
Does anyone have any suggestions? I have photos but can't figure out how to load them

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Last edited by CyberJack; 09/12/14 09:37 AM.