Woods mower question

notjustair

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I have two Woods belly mowers - one that came on an 8N Ford and one from a Farmall A. I have the manual that came with the 8N. It is an L59. The other one must be a 59 also as they are identical. The one that came with the A has been through a war.

Here's my question:

The two mowers rotate opposite. Can I just put the blades from one on the other and run it backwards on the other tractor? I don't use the skids or side guards on it so I am not concerned with how it throws the grass. I am just not familiar with those bearings and whether I can run it reversed of what it was doing. If I reverse the routing of the belt to make it turn like it was designed will it just throw belts?
 
Its not just a matter of reversing the direction of the belts because the threads on the pulley shafts are reversed as well, which means the nuts are reversed too. So, you reverse the direction of the belt which causes the blades from the L to spin correctly on the R, or vica-versa, but the weight of the blades spinning in the opposite direction of the nuts holding them on, will work to loosen the nuts. What a mess that will make if the nuts come off at speed, and then the blades as well. I once questioned it when ordered new blades for my L59 that were R59 (opposite spin). Setting on a shelf in one of the barns is a perfectly good, never used set of blades that I cannot ever use. I ended up buying another correct set after loosing my receipt and the counter guy that sold them to me wasn't there when I tried to return the non-stock ordered set of blades. Reversing direction, flipping blades? Nope, will not work.

Mark
 
No use the blades meant for the spindle. You just wind the belt different for left hand throw. The decks are probably the same just different mounts for the tractor. Ive put both left throw and right throw on the A and B tractors just wind the belt according.
 
Woods has a website where you can view and print a complete operator's manual for each mower. It had a very good diagram of how the belt runs and the location of all the pulleys/idlers, it's all very important.
 

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