782 with upgraded axle and 54" mower
 

So, I am looking to upgrade the 50C deck that I currently have, and I see that there is a mower deck upgrade with a certain axle up grade.

Can anyone tell me what I would beed to source for the axle? (ie. Axle only? Axle and spindles?). Also, what deck would I be looking for? (ie. 54". #324?)

Lastly, I would LOVE to see what this looks like. Has anyone got any really good photos, or is anyone willing to take some for me?

Happy Easter, and THANK you in advance!

IIRC searching this forum you'll find a few examples of GT46 or better yet GT48/54 decks on the 82 series with the swept axle. Basically what a cyclops is; the rest of the frame didn't change much.

The axle you need was used on the Gen 2 Cyclops only. They will work fine on your 782. You will also need the matching steering knuckles. Of course you will need to change the PTO pulley on the motor since the Gen 2 decks all have the larger, 6 inch pulley on them.

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I finally found a 54 GT deck. I think I'm going to try and put it under my 1914. Should alleviate lift height concerns when using them on a 782 or 1811 (although my 1811 would make a sweet mowing tractor with that 54" deck) :D

Working on documenting this and soliciting y'all's feedback.

I pulled the double pulley off the 54 GT deck (#324). Came off pretty hard and is somewhat tweaked. This is because I need the smaller OD double pulley for the deck drive, as the 1914 has a smaller PTO vs the larger PTO on newer GTs that a 54 GT deck would have came on (in my case an 1862).

I went to the CC parts site and pulled the deck drive/double pulley P/N for both. No shaft size listed, but I confirmed the use the same nut and ID TRBs, so that's no concern. (FYI, the jackshafts are the same minus 1/2" of length)

I believe the pulley needed to put a newer (large PTO) deck on an older tractor is 756-3007 from the 782 #359 50C deck parts diagram.

The pulley to do the opposite would be 756-3047 (to put an old deck on a newer large PTO tractor) from the #324 54 GT deck parts diagram.

Now, the mule drive was easy. The SGT/82 style mule drive needs an extra hole drilled right at the intersection of the exising linkage hole and the existing forward holes (forgot to grab a picture) to shorten it for use on a cyclops.

The cyclops/54GT mule drive already had both holes, so you just need to move the lift link back to the rear hole (will add a picture describing this) to lengthen it for a SGT/82 series type tractor.

I was able to get both mule drives/lift linkages swapped after doing the above. I might need to swap lift links too, the 1914 one looks to be the correct height to grab the 54 GT deck, but the 1862 one looks high (might be within adjustment still).

Adding snips from the parts diagram.