The only reason I had been considering this was because the cutter bar was not cutting very good , cutter bar was in pretty good shape but I just could not pickup any speed. I finally figured it out. The cutter was not timed to the guards. Range of motion was not complete. That is, the knifes were going through one guard, but not quite closing on the other. My younger brother some how broke the connecting rod from the knife assembly to the drive shaft and did not time the bar to the guards .If the weather breaks , I`ll be able to see if it works.... I think it will. I`m betting that it will!