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Originally Posted by J-Mech
Yes, I understood.
But he said this:
Then you said:
It made it sound to me like you didn't understand his question. The key needs to be flush with the front of the collar on the basket pulley, or at least close. That way it isn't in the way for the lock collar. I know you know. It just wasn't very clear. (In my mind anyway, I thought it was confusing.)
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I reviewed the service manual and I think I understand the locking collar now. I guess I was initially expecting the bearing and collar to be able to lock together both on or off the crank shaft.
My basket is pretty much dead on with the pulley on the starter. I had replaced the basket about 10 or 15 years ago as the one I had was not straight and would throw the belt all the time, so I have had that off. Around that time I also had the bottom end rebuilt and the crankshaft replaced. When it was replaced the key must have been placed incorrectly, or maybe I was supposed to figure out where to place it and didn't.
I think if I knock the key back to be flush with the pulley, that will give me enough room to get both the collar and bearing on. I will need to clean up the crank shaft some as well. We used to use this tractor just for plowing snow at my parents. When I went off to college it ended up just sitting in a damp shed for awhile, hence all the rust. I've now bought a house and have the tractor there, which is why I'm trying to get it setup for mowing.
Here's a pick of the pulley from the side kind of difficult to tell from it, but it is lined up pretty well:
