How To Adjust the height on a Scotts Classic Reel Mower
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The Scotts Classic Push Reel Mower is an excellent reel mower to get the job done around your lawn. There are multiple ways to adjust the cutting height, in order to ensure that you get the best cut possible on your lawn.
In this video, we show you how to adjust the cutting height on this mower step by step. This way, you can be sure that your lawn will look spectacular.
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Dude you are a lifesaver. I went online with the Scott website and the online chat person did not know what I was talking about. Thanks again!
I lost it when he said adjustable screwdriver 😂
There are two places where you can adjust the cutting height -
1) Minor adjustments can be made by adjusting the roller assembly. This adjustment is comparatively easy
2) Major adjustments can be made on the wheel assembly. This adjustment is a bit more involved -(as described in the video.)
The Scotts Classic 16" we just purchased (March ,2017) the setting at the wheel is set at the factory in position C, the highest setting.
By adjusting the roller assembly I can adjust the heights from 1" to more then 2" And no tools required! Planning to cut my Bermuda between these two heights...
Now where did I put my adjustable screwdriver?
LOL.......If you find it, can I borrow it please?
Hahahaha
Great video. I’ve done this a few times. To make it easier I recommend standing the mower on its side. Everything stays together much better
Great video
Thank you !
Is the adjustment for the Scotts Elite 16" any different? The manual says to put the nut in the lowest hole for a greatest height cut. Thanks.
Thanks, I looked through the instructions and couldn't find how to make it shorter.
so i have the 100 dollar 16 inch cut reel mower from home depot and after a full summer and so far this summer until today i usedit and liked it then the roller behind fell off, when i looked at the attachment for the roller it was broken on both sides they are plastic and i can't find a catalog or any site to order new ones from, is scotts really gonna make me buy a whole new mower or will they send me new hopefully aluminium roller adjusters?
Cool vid. We made one as well. Keep up the good work.
I have the scotts supreme and omg how do I put the catcher on it's killing me.
At first it was hard 😪😫but I took it easy and got used to it iam not the. best but iam enjoying keeping up with my lawn.
Oh man I was doing the wrong bolt, which I pretty much warped the hex head bolt instead of a hex head it's a circle head which is impossible to remove now. Haha dam...
I've been to every store that sells tools and not one of them has an adjustable screwdriver that looked like his? I've looked online too! I can't find it anywhere. does anyone know where you can buy or order these? an actual link would be amazing! I would believe that it doesn't even exist if I didn't see him using it in this video. Maybe disclaimer about the need for a specialty tool at purchase time would've been pretty nice. golleee some of these products now days
At first he said adjustable wrench :)
This is so much work to lower it, why not a lever to adjust. I have a 1970s Yardman and with the lever, I can adjust the height but it is too heavy to do twice a week.
did he just say "adjustable screwdriver"?
Good instructions. Only problem I had was I had to keep backing up the axle /bolt to get clearance to rotate the height-set disk. Just a slight bump and the Gear Assembly slipped off. No problem except that the cog that links with the wheel is a free floating 1 inch long bar. It too, fell out of place. I saw that its ends were square on one side of each end, and the opposite side was rounded. When I reinstall it in the drive shaft, it can be positioned in two different ways. Does it really matter which way??
... and HEY, you viewers who say you can't adjust w/o "removing the wheels (!) : once you've decided which of the THREE ranges you want, you needn't disassemble the wheel again. It has a full one inch adjustment with the lever behind each wheel. Who needs to mow lawns at 3" high anyway?
potatoecouch Oops, on second look, I see that the free-floating cog/bar has two curved edges that are situated diagonally. The 2 square edges are PUSHED by the black plastic gear; and the 2 curved edges allow the bar to slip backwards, to let the blades continue to spin or "free-wheel" -- like when you pull the mower backward. So there is a right and a wrong position for that part. Look at how the gear rotates to push the blades and you can probably see how to align the floating cog. Sorry for "sharing" my confusion.
I just bought this and when I push it keeps gettin stuck. My grass isn’t even long. What is going on ?
Hi. Is there a best brand reel mower would you recommend to help now the tall weed grass?! It's 2019, is there any updates on reel mower?!
Reel Mowers are never meant for more then 2 or 3 inches. It is meant to be used multiple times a week for a groomed professional looking yard. If you mow tall grass or weeds it will either get caught or fold over and not be mowed.
@@Sig_P229 I have a solution for that problem. Give the reel mower a good hard and quick push to get the reel spinning at a high speed. Then use small back and forth motions until the grass is cut. Works great on some long crab grass.
The wheel bolt won't budge
Omg sorry I bought this one
What can I use to sharpen the blades?
I would take it to lawn mower shop. They usually do it for $15-25
@@B_HarTz
yes, much easier.
U use 14mm or 9/16 mm 1/2 mm
I think factory is perfect height and would recommend leaving the wheels alone,. I suggest adjusting the 2 outer knobs above the roller part and it’s set to medium, with the inside wheel set to high, …
which with my new fresh seeded grass, I left the wheels alone , (at stock high top hole) but I set the rear 2 knobs to the highest cutting setting so I adjusted the knob to the lowest setting/bottom hole (lowest hole is high, middle hole is medium, and highest hole is lowest cut)
With that said, 90* temps here, the factory setting to the highest cut is too short. I say about 2.5 almost 3” grass length and I don’t know why anyone would even want to go shorter then that. I prefer 4”-4.5 height during summer and 3.5-4 in winter (yes would take more cutting weekly or biweekly , but I like long full grass)
So I’m here trying to figure out how to make this Scott’s Reel mower, to adjust it even higher.
Might be a "LITTLE" difficult to loosen is an understatement. I tore up my knuckles and it still didn't budge , so i ended up knocking off gear when i picked it up i thought it had picked up piece of wood covered in grease, but after tossing away i realized it was supposed to go in gear. I also had issues attaching catcher. The 1 we had when i was a child was so easy this is why i bought in 1st place. I cant return since i got so frustrated last yr i just put in shed & borrowed a gas mower. My husband was killed in a freak accident & I wanted something i wouldn't have to worry about trying to start or working on. Instead I've wasted y limited income on something i cant use.
Grumpy Toad
Start going to the Gym !!
Are you that feeble ??
Geeeezzzzuuuusssss 🙄
The main bolt won't budge at all, frustrating. Guess I'll try the no tools required adjustment and see how much it improves my cut. To actually have a lawn, no way this should be factory set to the lowest setting
Same, my bolt won't budge
@@jonnyalmonte1070 I tossed it and got a battery powered mower, couldn't be happier
@@TVResults lol, yours didn’t come with the manual? No need to do this and remove the wheel for a shorter cut…
It’s stock set to highest setting in the wheel, and theirs 2 knobs near the outside wheel above the roller that you remove easily and shows 3 vertical holes on a plate…. U easily adjust it on lower hole for highest setting (2.5”-3” cut) or highest hole for shorter cut….
Hope you guys figured it out but since u tossed it, oh well, I paid $80 for my new baby grass and no gas mower yet till 6-8 months lol
@@jonnyalmonte1070 👍👍👆👆👆
Assembly instructions for the 16 inch are horrible. Nothing is marked upper or lower handle
Are you stuck in lawn mower purgatory?
I can't see what he's doing.
This is terrible for the average owner, what the heck ? Surely there has to be an easier way .. horrible design flaw. omg.
If you think this is bad, you should see the Scott's reel mower that I have. It's the same thing as shown here except the wheel axle is riveted on.
I was hoping he would NOT say, repeat on other side. 🤦🏼
Complete fuking nightmare, hands too big, all angles- know what he means now about 'watching the blades'; whatever upright direction he set's in, had to do upside down/ no wrench I had could fit inside the tiny area once adjusted. At the "needle-nose pliers" part now w/ blood on my hands, house in total disarray &grease on floors. It's not on this dude, it's on Scotts for not making the [main] adjustable settings on outside to begin with upon purchase. 2hrs deep now, then next wheel if can force this bit on. Hoping if I do, the plastic snap on portion works, b/c that orange plastic smooshed out quite a bit.
5hrs got it on, only mow's backwards now, gear thing inside w/ grease that auto falls off(?)- dunno/ gonna buy a box to send the mother back in. Grass can grow long.
nowhere near as easy as it looks in this video, but still helpful
Your so right,Lol!
Too much of the video is spent staring at the speaker sitting on a shop floor. Each step of the process should have been visible.
When they write the obituary for the human race and ask why we didn’t adopt green tech in masses, please show them this insanely unwieldy piece of capitalist “tech.”
For God’s sake Scott’s, how can you not do better than this
We are talking about a single centimeter of extra space needed inside the cap to allow you to put the e ring back on with a standard pair of pliars. Not to mention they do not provide an adequate angle to hold and adjust the wrench when removing axle itself. Staggering
Retardation
Whoever designed that mower took drugs cos its not very user friendly .... Pathetic
Adjustable screwdriver😹
could you please re-make this entire video but actually show what you are doing? Maybe it would be nice to get a side view... I feel like I'm being blind folded and told how to do this. This in no way is meant to be against the person fixing this. just change the camera angles.
Right!
thats a lot of mowers...better return exchange policies plz!!
this is way too much effort, other mowers are easy to adjust out of the box.
Yes, you can, don’t attempt this, theirs 2 knobs near the wheels above the roller that you take off and exposes 3 holes on a plate…. Lower hole is highest setting which I recommend and gives about 2.5-3” cut
This is really lame I have to take the wheel apart just to adjust the damn mower. I will stick with a gas mower. Their grass is pretty lush looking though we are getting the spreader and seed and fertilizer from Scotts.
Might b a good mower, but TERRIBLE DESIGN ,
Terrible design
yeah, you gotta do it every single time you mow!! It sucks! ....