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Today I installed new blades on my GT235 54c john deere mower. Not a terrible ordeal but time consuming.






Why your no daisy at all....

Lawns are for losers.

TK, I think I have a brand new set of mulching blades for that mower. My FIL gave them to me, said they were for a 48" John Deere deck, but they don't fit my 48" John Deere deck. Measure your old blades and let me know what size they are, and I'll send them to you if they match. Mine have two bolts around a center stud, but the blades he gave me just have the center hole.

Hey thanks Jim. My deck is 54 " (bigger is better)

The blades do have one hole in the center.


Why your no daisy at all....

Measure the old ones, anyway. My FIL got them from a buddy of his who's rich, apparently, and bought the wrong ones, never bothered to return them (shakes head). I can't imagine that there are two different blade types for a 48" deck, but these don't have the cardboard anymore, so I don't know what they're for, exactly. Brand new, shiny John Deere green, never even been on a mower. Seriously- measure your damn blades.

Now I've got to measure the deck on my john deere

Blades are up for whoever wants them. Brand new mulching blades. They're for a John Deere, but I honestly don't know which one. My deck is a 48" "Edge", and they won't fit that.

I'll have to check it when I go to work tomorrow.

assateague wrote:Blades are up for whoever wants them. Brand new mulching blades. They're for a John Deere, but I honestly don't know which one. My deck is a 48" "Edge", and they won't fit that.

BULLSHIT, those are my blades

I love them so much I dedicated a Haiku to the subject

Why your no daisy at all....

Reminds me that I need to sharpen my blades...It is coming up on 3 seasons without sharpening the blades.

goodkarmarising wrote:Reminds me that I need to sharpen my blades...It is coming up on 3 seasons without sharpening the blades.

I wear out a set every season

I wore out my set about two years ago. They are now unrecognizable as mower blades. They look more like metal tongue depressors, but still beat the grass into submission.

I do need new blades.

assateague wrote:I wore out my set about two years ago. They are now unrecognizable as mower blades. They look more like metal tongue depressors, but still beat the grass into submission.

I do need new blades.

They sell 'em. Make today the day you get new blades!!!

Those fuckers are high dollar.

I thought you'd go pioneer style and make some type of fleshing tool out of 'em

Never thought about it.


But for now, they're still up for a mower that they fit on. TK's deck isn't the right one, either. Anybody with a John Deere mower, feel free to measure your blades and let me know.

assateague wrote:I wore out my set about two years ago. They are now unrecognizable as mower blades. They look more like metal tongue depressors, but still beat the grass into submission.

I do need new blades.

Ah just put an edge on them with a die grinder. Good to go.

FlintRiverFowler wrote:

assateague wrote:I wore out my set about two years ago. They are now unrecognizable as mower blades. They look more like metal tongue depressors, but still beat the grass into submission.

I do need new blades.

Ah just put an edge on them with a die grinder. Good to go.

Dont they need to be filed after you use a grinder on them?

Not for a yard.

The metal at the end is literally shredded, and about 3/4" wide. There's literally nothing left to grind

Mower at the shop is a 42" deck, so probably won't fit here.

Assa, take those blades and cut them down to fit. You can balance them back out. Haha.

I thought about drilling holes in them. I may still try that. I figure my bearings are likely already shot, anyway. They're the same length, I just need to bolt holes in each one.

I am a stud motherfucker.
Flupped a tractor on its side.
19" and no studs, hole etc.???

No dice there. Wrong size. Apparently these blades I have are some sort of mutant, which fits no John Deere mower deck known to mankind.

assateague wrote:No dice there. Wrong size. Apparently these blades I have are some sort of mutant, which fits no John Deere mower deck known to mankind.

Or they redesigned something to have MORE parts.
They did that on the idler pulley I replaced.
They do that fucking constantly to make the "ASSEMBLY" cost more.
Nothing runs you to the store and back...like owning a fucking deere.