the first thing I would do is very carefully clean the exposed end of the shaft of any and all dirt and rust then use heat like Matt said you would be surprised at what a difference cleaning the exposed shaft will make before trying to pry the hub off.There's a video by HUbman about 6 posts back on removing these parts hope this link works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4FE1tE_AM
Leon

Yep, I forgot to mention that; if you clean the shaft before, then it will practically fall off once you get it completely on the clean area of the shaft.

Paul Funk method , link

http://www.cubcadetman.com/content/i...lley&Itemid=53

I wish i had that motor im so good at that kinda stuff i would use heating it as last resort tho It does work good but once you heat it expands and contracts. Meaning once it cools off it will even harder to get off. If you can lift the pulley an tap the shaft it will come off just dont damge the shaft use brass hammer or rubber mallet :bash:

I wonder what happens to the seal when you heat it up like that,I am sure if you were just fixing a damaged S/G pulley you would have to change that seal.

I think I'd want to change the seal if I had it apart that far anyway. A new seal is also much cheaper than buying another basket pulley...

Rocking416-

That doesn't make any sense. It shouldn't be any harder to get off once it has cooled again. The hub isn't going to contract smaller than the original diameter after cooling back off to the ambient temperature.