44 deck pulley removal
 

Everything looks decent considering.... except for this one pulley. "Ther's yer problem lady ret ther!" lol

So I got the top nut off, but the bottom nut ain't moving. I checked the diagram and it seems to show the pulley and the nut as one piece? So how do I get a puller on it without taking out the grease zerk? <Maybe that's the ticket?

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The nut is part of the pulley.

If by chance the grease fitting is threaded, you can remove it. But I typically put a socket over the fitting for the puller to rest in and keep it off the fitting. And as bad as that pulley is, you may have to consider doing a little careful cutting if it isn't easily convinced to come off.

Good Grief!!! Where was that thing, on the Titanic???

The weird part is the other pulleys look really good! It's like a family of metal termites took vengeance on just this one.

The "nut" does not screw off, it should (along with the pulley) slip off.

As "Thehud" said, put an old socket on the end of the shaft (but not one that will get into the threads) and strike it (the socket) SHARPLY with a hammer, that may jar the pulley loose from the shaft.

Holy Toledo, I ain't ever seen a pulley rusted up that bad.:bigeyes:

:ExtremeFunny::beerchug:

I don't think I'd try pulling it for very long before I just cut it off.:biggrin2:

My humble 1/50th of $1....

Try heating that pulley/shaft junction with a torch, then while still hot SOAK it with good penetrating oil (PBBlaster Kroil, etc)

May need to do that a couple of times. Also, use the heat & penetrating oil bath on the lower nut. Had to do that to get the spindles off my 38A deck last winter.

If I recall correctly, both the blade nut and the nut that is part of the pulley are 1-1/8". If you don't have an impact driver, use a LONG wrench and breaker bar on the socket.

(Where is that red-faced " uh-oh...I just popped a hernia" smiley when you need it?)

Just a word of caution here....

If yer gonna beat on it, use a brass drift and not something hard so you won't screw up the treads on the shaft!!!

Might be that I'm a mechanic, but my very first thought was "Acetylene".