[jhicks87]

Ive got a john deere z335e zero turn mower. I hit a stump and bent my blade and the blades were hitting. I put brand new blades on it and the blades are still hitting on both ends. Any ideas what could be wrong?

 

[Steve Urquell]

Ive got a john deere z335e zero turn mower. I hit a stump and bent my blade and the blades were hitting. I put brand new blades on it and the blades are still hitting on both ends. Any ideas what could be wrong?

The spindle mounting surface on the deck probably got bent allowing the blade to be canted in one direction. You need to check to see which blade is higher on one end than the other to see where the problem is. Measure from the bottom of the deck to the top of the blades. Rotate them and check in multiple areas

 

[Flaken]

Likely you bent the mounting for the spindles.

 

[The small engine junkie]

Decks bent where the mandrels bolt to it ...

 

[Alien5044]

At my new to me home, I ran my new CC ZT2 into a hidden cut off steel pipe hiding in some tall grass and did the same 45 degree bended blade thing. What a racket it made. New blades, checked the spindles for trueness and no play, and they were not bent, and rotated freely without noise or tight spots. Spindle mounts all good, the blades were in a single plane with each other, but one of them, the one closest to the exit chute, was still hit something.

I found that the exit chute steel had been slightly curled over by the original bent blade before I could get the mower stopped. I used a hammer to pound the curled bit back where it belonged. Have a close look, rotate the blades slowly by hand, hopefully it is something similar and not a bent spindle or misshapen spindle mounting flange.

 

[nelsonlopez312]

I have a z335e 0 turn mower I hit a stump and replace the blades and I turn on my blades it works well but sometimes the blades will hit each other from time to time

 

[dave_r]

I have a z335e 0 turn mower I hit a stump and replace the blades and I turn on my blades it works well but sometimes the blades will hit each other from time to time

Sounds like you may have bent sometime on your deck, either the deck itself, spindle, and/or blades. I would suggest pulling the deck out from under the ZT, flipping it over, and then examining the blades and deck for where the strike is happening (clean polished metal) and check that the blades are even, in both the sideways and front to back directions.

And then see if a spindle or blade is broken/bent (I would recommend replacing them if they are), and/or if/where the deck is bent, you can generally use a big hammer to get it back into shape.