General Product Question
I bought a model HU775L mower this April and have cut my...escalated
General Product Question posted May 15, 2012 by Lars Johnson, last edited May 22, 2012
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Question:
I bought a model HU775L mower this April and have cut my yard a few times so far. This evening while cutting I noticed the rear left wheel assembly was loose. There are attaching 2 nuts & bolts that were so loose I could tighten them with my fingers. I thought I would simply tighten the nuts with a Crescent wrench but there isn't enough play to even rotate the wrench one notch. The bolts are built in and have no hex heads exposed, only the threaded shank. Looks like further dis-assembly may be required to get at it!
What tool or procedure do you have to use to re-tighten the nuts on these bolts?
Seems like if they are that prone to loosening in normal use there should be a locking mechanism or at least thread locker (Lock Tight) on them. At this point I'm afraid to use the mower because the wheel assembly could fall off or the nuts could fall out - never to be seen again.
What tool or procedure do you have to use to re-tighten the nuts on these bolts?
Seems like if they are that prone to loosening in normal use there should be a locking mechanism or at least thread locker (Lock Tight) on them. At this point I'm afraid to use the mower because the wheel assembly could fall off or the nuts could fall out - never to be seen again.
Answer
Answering my own question here. After figuring out that the loose and inappropriately named lock nuts were 11mm I bought a narrow open end wrench and some lock tite and was able to tighten them down. There IS very little play to work with in that area but it can be done. The wheel assembly is tight against the frame now.
Maybe a 11mm wrench should come with the mower.
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