I'm sure this hole wasn't there when this mower was new......or was it?
see photo:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/unstresst/IMG00010-1.jpg?t=1174190356
2007-03-17 17:00:41 · 4 answers · asked by unstresst_2 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Is that a plastic housing??? Regardless, it looks as if someone might have installed the mower blade improperly and it wore the housing down when it rotated. Is there supposed to be a spacer to keep the blade away from the housing?? Or possibly something got caught between the blade and the housing and wore it away.
2007-03-17 17:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by dathinman8 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was probably something picked up by the blade, a piece of wire or anything, which cause the wear hole in the housing. From the shape of the housing underside, I say yours is a mulching mower. It depends on airflow to properly circulate the cuttings for mulching, with a hole causing a slight interference to that process. Clean the hole and fill it with a silicone filler. It'll be fine then.
2007-03-18 07:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by yankgonebrit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I'd say wire got on the blade, etc...
I'd clean it up and fill it with JB-weld (get it at any autoparts store) might have to use a piece of plastic laying around or metal to fill in the large space.. but the jb will make a good tuff patch (better then the plastic)
2007-03-20 20:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by 572ci. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, you wore that hole in it...probably by hitting a rock or stump, and twisting or bending your blade. Shouldnt hurt anything though.
2007-03-18 00:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋