G'day all
I feel Gadge is on the money.
Masports are, of course, not made in NZ anymore.
Blade disc fracture seems to be the effect - and probably
affected by marginal design or marginal materials ... or poor
quality control. I don't know.
It is a dangerous situation when this component fails.
I have a personal story on disc failure...
As a teenager apprentice I was out with the Boss demonstrating an
X brand AUS ride-on. An incorrectly tolerenced cutter spindle caused
the bearings to seize in a dramatic way. The design enabled the inertia
in the blade disc to unscrew itself from said spindle.
The disc departed the cutter deck and became air born.
It missed four people by about a metre!
The issue was caused by poor quality control and poor design.
Very frightening...
I hope Masport have sorted the problem you describe.
Blade holders should be able to withstand any imbalance
caused by poor maintenance.
This is just my view.
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Jack
