Black & Decker lawnmower. How to remove blade from electric lawnmower? Model MM525 which is very much like the MM575.
Is there a simple, or complicated, way to keep the motor shaft from turning, when trying to loosen the nut on the end of the shaft?
I have to remove the blade to replace the fan and the manual says to use a 2x4 to keep the blade from turning. I do keep the blade from turning, but the nut and shaft turn together anyhow, so there is no unscrewing.
I figured if I broke the plastic fan off, I might have enough room for vise-grips. Do you think they could nick, whatever, the shaft enough to unbalance it?
(FTI, a third of the plastic fan was broken off so I tried to knock off the rest with a hammer. It cracked easily and fell off in suceessive pieces. Unfortunatately, that was stupid because I also cracked the blade spacer, a cast metal piece, that now I have to replace. :( 3 dollars and a trip to the store, 10 miles away. Fortunately I have to drive by there next week anyhow.)
Thanks a lot.