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I am trying to get the rusted on nut off of the blade on a Craftsman Electric lawnmower, 900370510. It turns with the armature. So, the square plastic washer spins under the square metal washer with the nut that is rusted on the motor. I’ve used CRC, wrenches, 2×4’s to brace it, propane & a little mapp gas. Problem is, the whole thing has plastic parts which will break if you chock it. It looks like the mower has quite a few years on it.PS, it is a LH thread, @#$%!Would someone tell me the golden answer? I don’t want to buy the lady a new motor. Thank you
Experienced gardeners share their insights in answering this question :
I find that nut splitter work ok on occasion if you can get one in there, and just replace the nut(sounds like that’s going to happen anyways regardless) , or pick it up, set the nut on a solid piece of steel, so that it’s supporting the weight of everything, and hit the other side of the nut with a hammer, or a hammer and chisel, with the chisel perpendicular to the shaft and the blade splitting it the long way. Other tricks, are to heat it up red-hot, and hit it with water immediately, or even canned air inverted(will freeze it instantly) in order to get the surfaces to change enough to break loose. Hope these helped; they’ve been standbys for me for years.

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This nut is a standard right-handed thread (rotate clockwise to tighten, counterclockwise loosen) and should be tightened to between 70 and 90 foot pounds of torque to fasten securely.
To remove a riding lawn mower blade, you need to turn the bolt counter-clockwise. This is the opposite direction of turning a clockwise bolt, which is the most common type of bolt.
Try a 6-point wrench or socket on your seized nut/bolt. Start by rocking the bolt by tightening then loosing, this may be all you need to break through the rust. Try and avoid 12-point wrenches and sockets as they likely to slip and strip the bolt head.
Most lawn mower blades rotate in a clockwise direction (counter-clockwise when viewed from below), and as such have the cutting edge on the right side. If you are unsure of how your mower rotates, check the position of the discharge chute; if it is on the right side angled back, the blade turns clockwise.
It may sound great, but did you know that most lawnmower blade nuts aren`t reverse threaded? If you check today`s market, you`ll notice that the majority of the lawnmower blades work in a right-hand thread or a clockwise direction.

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Hello

I have a black and decker lawn mower which is electric and it suddenly stopped working. I checked the power cord and it seems to be fine. When I try to start the lawn mower, I hear the click sound but the mower does not start

Any ideas or suggestions is highly appreciated.

Thanks

T

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Be sure to empty and dry out you fuel can as well. Especially if the mower stopped running right after a refuel. Which is a good sign your gas can is contaminated too.

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