Thank you for replying, Bryan. I’ve been through both sets of gold titanium coated blades and have ordered more but they haven’t arrived. The grass is dry, I can’t mow early morning because it’s damp. The safety guards have to go, I hope they are easy to remove. Two days after a cut it looks like I never sent the Yarbo out, I’m an Australian living in Georgia and I’ve never seen grass grow so fast. I grew up in a drought.
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The finger guards are easy-peasy to remove.
Remove the blade disks.
On the exposed deck, you’ll see a circle of screws that are recessed, along with screws that are proud (sticking out).
Remove the screws that are proud, and the guard brackets come right off.
Put the screws back to keep stuff out of the empty holes, purely for the sake of OCD.
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I’ll piggyback on what Steve said here. If you have an impact drill and Allen bit for it, use that to bust the discs screws loose. Sometimes they are a little tight
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…and use a soft-jawed clamp or make some soft-jawed vice-grips to hold the disk when doing so.
HANDS CLEAR, lol
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Steve, you were absolutely right, it was easy-peasy! Your directions were spot-on, and with the guards off, we’ll see how she runs now. Huge thanks for your help and support, it made all the difference. And yes, the screws definitely went back in because my OCD doesn’t take days off. The plates were a breeze since I’d already been removing them with every jam…which, yes, was as fun as it sounds. You and Bryan were brilliant, I seriously couldn’t have done it without you two. Thank you both a ton! 
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Don’t forget, as others have said (probably even me, in this same thread)
The two disks spin opposite of each other. If you swap disks from one side to the other, you get a fresh set of edges! Then NEXT time, flip the blades to the second hole (if your blades have them), then the LAST time, swap the disks back.
Four edges, two swaps and two flips!
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I just discovered that the gold-colored blades were already included in the spare parts that came with my mower. We’ll see how they work.
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The gold-colored blades don’t cut any better than the originals. Hopefully they will hold an edge longer, though.
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