bx24 MMM compability

[radioman]

hmm- 2 states away ? where about? maybe one of the tbn'er would dbe close enough with a BX 50 series to check it out for you.

 

[roma3112]

well fellas the deal to buy the bx22 deck for my bx24 fell thru, somebody snapped it up. I am still in the market if anybody in the Newengland area hears of one for sale. I am scanning ebay and the online places with no luck yet.


thanks

 

[roma3112]

Well finally have an end to the mower deck saga. After losing one deck to somebody on craigslist, i found (rck60-22bx) this weekend. The deck was in phenominal shape I paid 800.00 for it. I mounted the deck (all except the two rear lift points) I made all the measuremnts I had to, removed the deck and carefully cut off the two rear attachment points off the deck. According to what I found the old deck was 2" to narrow on each side, the old deck having the attachment points 16" from center to center, in order to fit the bx24 the holes had to b 20" from center to center. I got the thing welded up today and tested it out with no issues. All i have to do is adjust everything up service grease and change the fluid and put it up till spring. I have a few pics if anybody is thinking about the same thing. I saved well over a thousand dollars picking up a "good used' bx22 deck and modifying it to fit the neweer machine.

 

[radioman]

Awesome!! I knew there is not much to change, just had no way of verifiing this. Now the real test will be this spring to see how it performs. Glad to hear there is no real difference in which deck to use.

 

[Renob]

Good deal!

Would love to see some pictures of your modifications.



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[roma3112]

Radioman
I actually tested the mower out in the back yard, i had some high spots and leaves ect. The cut looked pretty smooth and even but I will go thru the adjustment process in the spring. Right now I am gonna scrape the botom of the deck paint it whre needed and to a complete service/grease and put it up for the winter.

 

[roma3112]

here is a pic of what was done. each side was cut and widend by 2 inches. All that has to be done is add a small piece of stock for side support of the "tab" and paint.

 

[radioman]

looks good. I see alot of flux splatter though . what didyou use to weld with? just recently I sanded off the paint from the bottom of the deck that is only 3 summers old and found that some of the paint the was worn away had rust underneath the edge of paint worn away. After I was done removing the paint, I swore never again do it that way. Next time Ill take it to the blasting shop and let them do it.

So- my advice if you have plans to paint it, do it next fall after you get the deck dailed in and have somebody sandblast the deck for you, unless you have your own equipment. Don't try the harbor freight hand held one- too tiny for the BX deck.

 

[roma3112]

I am sure some of that id flux spatter considering the way i weld. The welder is a little lincoln/mig running flux core wire. But actually most of what looks black there is PB blaster mixed with the metal shavings that my sawzall cast off as I was cutting the tabs off. I only had one blade and I was very generous with the lube, I knew if I took out the "fire wrench" there would be problems .

 

[roma3112]

Here is the likk to my post. The deck will work but with "some" mods. I guess it depends on how abel you are to do them.

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