Will do, I was thinking c-clamp. Even after reading about folks using bolts for pivots, good grief am I slow,lol

squeeze a little at a time, don't want to go to much as it makes the axle difficult to put back in.:bigthink:

Getting on it tmrw after work. Ordered a set of mounts from Jeff and a solid 3 finger drive plate off $BAY. Some of those Cub Cadet sellers are proud of their stuff.....

I appreciate all the help you kind and knowledgeable folks have shared.
I was having a great night in the shop. It was such a nice evening, I was out until 9pm. Everything was going great. I knew I had some "good sized" nuts and bolts. Well, I didn't have anything that I could put heavy washers on without being long enough.
I had a quality 5/16 bolt that did the job,just fine. I don't feel it was a grd 8 either.
Just sharing to save folks some cash on maybe a 1 time use, "tool".
And btw, I put it in there snug. I didn't get to swearing "snug", just really, really close to it.

Good deal!!
Surprised you could do it with a 5/16" bolt!

Yeah that definitely wasn’t a Chineseum pot metal bolt :biggrin2:

Nope, not at all. It was manufactured before budgets became the way of life.