Yes the blades cannot meet if they do they will hit. The JD Freedom deck and other mulching thats true mulching decks use a cog belt so the blades stay in the same place. You don't wont to run over anything that might make the teeth on the spindles to jump out of time because the blades will hit. Plus the belts are expensive$$$$Originally posted by aguysmiley
Jody,
What exactly is a timed deck? I'm guessing the blades overlap each other and would hit if not installed properly?
Unless it's a timed deck, the orientation of the blades to each other means nothing.are the two blades on a mower saposed to point the same way ex. up and down or does it not mader