OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Reel-Type Mowers Uneven Cut?

This is the first cut with my freshly sharpened, set and levelled 14" SB 45.

Thoughts?





This is the same lawn cut prior to servicing:

We've only got one image, as such nothing to compare to.

Cheers,
BB.

Hopefully fixed.

And another view:

Hi Sven Tryliqvist,


Either your your rear roller requires adjustment, or your front roller has a bent frame and is slightly out of whack, but in saying that I'm sure you are going to say to us that all you've done is remove the reel and bed knife to send it off for grinding and then re-installed them when you got both items back ?

Just wondering which side it is that's digging in. It depends then which direction you are mowing I guess it it certainly looks as though you are only mowing one way.

There also could be an issue of how the bed knife is sitting and that very much depends on how it's been installed. I always install them by initially hanging them on the two top bolts and then lightly tighten those two up but not too tight. Then I'll swing the bed knife upwards so that the two lower bolts can be slipped through their holes and then tighten those two up lightly.

From there I'll tension up the top two and then the bottom two. This way you can ensure that the bed knife is evenly positioned. From there you must set your rear roller from that datum point and then the front roller to suit the parallels of the bed knife and rear roller.

Hope that this helps you out.

Cheers,
BB.

Thanks BB,

I took the mower complete to a local mower service centre where the cylinder was repaired (straightened and 'cracked flutes' welded), sharpened, cylinder bearings replaced, new cutter adjuster screws fitted and roller levels adjusted.

I am cutting back and forth east - west but have only been over the lawn the once. The thatch is thickest where the cuts are the most uneven whereas closer to the road where the thatch is shallow the cut is quite even.

It has been suggested elsewhere that this is primarily a thatch issue and that I should go over the current cut north - south to remove excess thatch.

Cheers, Sven