Taking the blade off an AC 160 mower?

Will Herring

Well-known Member
Not sure when this thing was last sharpened, but I can tell it needs it... Would like to take the blade off, as best I have to do it with is a bench grinder. However, after crawling underneath, I was curious what bolts need to come out to take the blade off... Seems like it should be two separate blades, and that #1 and #6 bolts is all that holds them on? Or does this not work how I think it does?

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I may regret trying to take them off, but I will give it a whirl. And yeah I checked the manual and I finally found the part with the bushings and it does look like just #1 and #6. Apparently the nuts have cotter keys in them, too!
 
Block that mower up securely before getting underneath it to try and remove the blade or sharpen it in place. Had a neighbor who was found
dead under one when the tractor hydraulics failed and it settled on his chest while working on it. His wife found him several hours later.............
 
It might be easier to remove bolts #3 and #4, and let the whole blase assembly down with a floor jack. Get it out from under the mower and work on the cutting edges with a grinder.
 

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