A Little 37"SD Deck Work

I just sold one of these and had another in the lot that needs some work so I needed to get it ready to go.  It's not the prettiest one around here but there's no bad rust on it, and all the pulleys and spindles are free and quiet.  It had some pieces missing like the wheels, lift quadrant, handle + spring, but I have plenty of those here.  The left wheel adjuster trunnion was frozen up really bad so a tool was made to take them off, been meaning to do that for a long time.  I'll put the making of the tool in the Home Made Tools section later in case anyone wants ideas on how this one was made.

It also had some damage from the blades running through the front of the deck, I see that a lot on these.  This one is mine and no one is waiting so I had time to take pics of the repairs on it.  I almost cut the wheel bracket off to make a nice looking repair on the right side like the left but then I figured once it has the wheel put back on and it's on a tractor no one will really see it anyway.    

 

The hardest part of this job was getting the left wheel trunnion off of the adjuster.  There is a post in the Home Made Tools section showing the trunnion remover made for this job and all the ones after this that are stuck.  I always make sure everything done here or sold from here are in perfect working order, nobody likes surprises...  

Once the tool was finished up yesterday it took the trunnion off in 30 seconds and there was enough time left to finish it up late yesterday.  All the missing parts are on it, the deck is all set up, everything adjusted, and even has a correct belt on it.  

Time to move on to the next project.