Belt for 48" deck

[ldabe]

Started work on the mower deck. (Broken coupler and spider.)
Took off the top motor coupler bracket from the mower bracket.
Removed mower coupler (one allen set screw holds it).
Loosened pulley set screws (two allen screws on the pulley).
Drove the spindle shaft down to get coupler off.
Placed lower spindle with blade still attached on a block of wood and lowered deck down, to push spindle back up and hold in place.
Pushed pulley (still on spindle) back down into place and tightened the two allen screws with as much pressure as I could without breaking the allen wrench.
Lifted mower deck up to check to see if there was any "play" in spindle shaft...THERE WAS!
Decided to take spindle completely out to check bearings...good thing I did, the top bearing was completely destroyed, thus the "play" in the shaft. (I replaced both of those bearings on that spindle less than a year ago!)
Also, when I loosened the pulley allen screws, despite all the pressure I thought I put on them to tighten them, I barely had to put any pressure on the allen wrench to untighten.
(Not a good design if you ask me. If those allen screws for the pulley and coupler come loose, the shaft can begin a downward slide with all that vibration.)
So, I now have to stop again to order new bearings.

I am going to try and post some pics, but I am not sure how to do that.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[woodlandfarms]

simple to post pix.. Make sure the pix are not bigger than 1 meg each... 256K is a good size if you can reduce them a bit. Put them in a folder you can easily find.

When you write a response to this, scroll down, See where it says manage attachment? Click on that, then add a picture by browsing to your folder of pictures and attaching... Very simple...

Carl

 

[SnowRidge]

Here's a great program to resize and/or crop your pics. It's free, too.

IrfanView

 

[ldabe]

simple to post pix.. Make sure the pix are not bigger than 1 meg each... 256K is a good size if you can reduce them a bit. Put them in a folder you can easily find.

When you write a response to this, scroll down, See where it says manage attachment? Click on that, then add a picture by browsing to your folder of pictures and attaching... Very simple...

Carl

No. I don't see where it says "manage attachments".
On the bottom left I see a heading that says "Posting Rules" then under that:
"You may post attachments"
but there is nothing to click or open.
Down further it has:
" code is On"
but again, I don't understand if that is what I am suppose to use.

I am sure it is easy once I find the thing to click or use. I have sent pics through email many times, but I either don't see or don't understand what to use on this forum.

Thanks for your help.

 

[ldabe]

No. I don't see where it says "manage attachments".
On the bottom left I see a heading that says "Posting Rules" then under that:
"You may post attachments"
but there is nothing to click or open.
Down further it has:
" code is On"
but again, I don't understand if that is what I am suppose to use.

I am sure it is easy once I find the thing to click or use. I have sent pics through email many times, but I either don't see or don't understand what to use on this forum.

Thanks for your help.[/QUOTE]

Ahh! Found it (I think)
You have to click on "Go Advance".

Let's see if it works:

 

[ldabe]

And a few more:

 

[ldabe]

Carl thanks for your help, and Snowridge, thanks for the Link.

 

[woodlandfarms]

Great pix. Just for future reference, what method did you use to get the spider off the spindle? Hammer? Gear Puller?

As for everything else, man, that bearing is completely messed.

 

[ponytug]

Looking at the sheared spider, and the trashed bearing, I wonder if you would benefit from a pair of pillow block type bearings, with some built in shock absorbtion and/or a larger spider, if it would fit. After the fact, it is hard to tell if the broken spider ate the bearing, or vice versa, or whether a series of impacts caused them to fail. (Your mower blade looks good which argues for one of the first two, as does your memory of not having hit anything.)

Great pictures! Thanks for posting them and the work flow.

All the best,

Great pix. Just for future reference, what method did you use to get the spider off the spindle? Hammer? Gear Puller?

As for everything else, man, that bearing is completely messed.

 

[Marks481]

So, I now have to stop again to order new bearings.

Are you ordering all the parts from Power-Trac, or sourcing them elsewhere?