I bought a FM-180 Finish Mower from Betsco and am generally happy with it.... but I ran over an unseen object and it made a minor bend in the center blade, so I decided to remove the blade and straighten it in my shop hyd press.
Being above “avridge-intelli-gents” and “e-kwipped with hevy-dootie tools” I decided to use my impact wrench to remove the blade. It was a 21 mm head on the bolt so I grabbed my 21mm socket and pulled the trigger on my impact ... and promptly ripped the head off that bolt!
The owner’s manual didn’ menchun enny-thang ‘bout a LEFT-HAND bolt on that spindle!
Called Betsco and those bolts are one-month back-order.
Went to Fastenal...and they refused to allow anyone past the front door because of the virus.... so told me to come around to the BACK door!
They measured it to be a M14 X 2.0 X 30mm bolt, 8.8 hardness. They’d be very happy to order some for me... $7 each.... minimum order, a bag of 100!
Figured it’d be awhile before I can mow again.
Then, Amazon shows M14-2.0-50mm LEFT HAND bolts, Two for $15, two-day Prime delivery. Arrived today....Sunday!
Cut it to length, installed and mowed 3 acres in an hour.
Very Happy.
Wishing there was a bolt-head identifier for LEFT-Hand threads.
Being above “avridge-intelli-gents” and “e-kwipped with hevy-dootie tools” I decided to use my impact wrench to remove the blade. It was a 21 mm head on the bolt so I grabbed my 21mm socket and pulled the trigger on my impact ... and promptly ripped the head off that bolt!
The owner’s manual didn’ menchun enny-thang ‘bout a LEFT-HAND bolt on that spindle!
Called Betsco and those bolts are one-month back-order.
Went to Fastenal...and they refused to allow anyone past the front door because of the virus.... so told me to come around to the BACK door!
They measured it to be a M14 X 2.0 X 30mm bolt, 8.8 hardness. They’d be very happy to order some for me... $7 each.... minimum order, a bag of 100!
Figured it’d be awhile before I can mow again.
Then, Amazon shows M14-2.0-50mm LEFT HAND bolts, Two for $15, two-day Prime delivery. Arrived today....Sunday!
Cut it to length, installed and mowed 3 acres in an hour.
Very Happy.
Wishing there was a bolt-head identifier for LEFT-Hand threads.