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I admire you for attempting to do the job yourself. It shows courage and determination. When I read your post I thought about an experience I had once involving replacing a set of bush-hog blades. Here is the story I posted a few years ago on the N board. My first bush hog for my 8N was a used 4 footer that I purchased at the local Ford (back in 1977) tractor dealership for $150. It worked fine for a couple of years. When it seemed to quit cutting as smooth as it previously did, I discovered that the blades were worn out and beyond sharpening. I didn’t have a socket big enough to fit the big nut on the pin that held the blades on the stump jumper. I decided to take it back to the tractor dealership and let them put new blades on it. (I was willing to pay the cost) When they called and said it was ready I went back to pick it up. I was excited about my new blades on my hog. I immediately connected it to the 8N and started hogging and noticed that it wasn’t doing such a good job. In fact, it was worse than it was with the worn out blades. Upon further investigation I noticed that the blades were turning in the opposite direction of the cutting edges of the blades; they were turning backwards. (It was apparently the wrong set of blades for that mower.) I called the dealership and informed them about the problem. They offered to come and pick it up, fix the problem and bring it back for free. However, instead of installing the correct blades, they simply inverted the same set of blades. The problem with this was that since the blades were offset, the cutting edge was now facing the right direction of rotation but they were up side down. I called them back and they said they would come and get it the next day but they couldn’t guarantee they could find the correct blades. They finally found a set of blades sharpened on both sides that worked. The moral of this story….. paying a high price to get competent, professional service does not always ensure competent, professional service. . Rick H. Ga.
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