Quietline mower deck pulley removal. Help?!

[RLemke]

Anyone know of a "smarter, not harder" way to get these off so I can replace the bad seals? They're putting up quite a fight!!

[bolivier]

A socket on a rachet. I have an old 1/2" torque wrench that is broken that works great as a long breaker bar. Then take it the rest of the way off with the standard 1/2" rachet.

[bolivier]

Might need to go spend some $$$ on the right size socket. Think I read on here it's 1 1/8"

[Sam Mac]

Socket and a good 1/2" impact wrench

[Maxwelhse]

1 1/16" socket... No impact required for either of my 44A's.

I didn't put it in my write up because it doesn't add anything to it, but I lost the key when I swapped mine and had to gut my rusty 44A to get its key... Did 'em both the same way.

I believe the problem you're having is that you just can't develop any torque with vice grips.

http://onlycubcadets.net/forum/showp...3&postcount=14

[bocephus1991]

Big sockets and soak it with penetrating oil. Its like a 1 1/16 1 1/8 or 1 1/4 I had to use a 3/4 drive to get mine apart and no they don't like coming apart. Patience and soak it good. Good luck!

[RLemke]

Hey, thanks guys, I think I realize what I did wrong. I was trying to use a wrench on the pulley and a socket on top, but the wrench was too thick and would not allow me to fit the socket on deep enough which is why I switched to the thinner vice grips. I think I need to put the blade back on so that I can ditch the wrench and use the 2x4 to hold the pulley in place.

[Maxwelhse]

Originally Posted by bocephus1991

Big sockets and soak it with penetrating oil. Its like a 1 1/16 1 1/8 or 1 1/4 I had to use a 3/4 drive to get mine apart and no they don't like coming apart. Patience and soak it good. Good luck!

I don't mean to be a jerk about this, but I was given inaccurate advice (well intentioned I'm sure) and hence didn't have the appropriate socket for the job for my impact. That is why you see a 3/4" drive ratchet in my write up and it's sporting a 1 1/16" socket... No speculation. That's the size the needed. Absolutely confirmed, with pictures.

I'm only making a huge deal about this because not everyone has enough coin to buy 4 sockets to try 'em out (much like myself). So... to the OP, if you want to go get the appropriate tool for the job, you need a 1 1/16" socket. I believe Autozone will "rent" you a 3/4" drive set with that size for free, as long as you take it back. It sounds like you probably have the right tools, just the wrong approach.

Yep, put the blade back on and slap a chunk of wood in there... Even my rusty as all hell 44A came apart smooth with nothing more than 50ft-lbs.

Good luck!

[RLemke]

Man, I'm still struggling with this darn deck! I put the blades back on, torqued 'em down, put a block of wood in front of the blade and tried to get the nut off with a socket and breaker bar... The blade starts spinning on the spindle shaft before the nut will break loose!! Even with it torqued down!

[J-Mech]

Make sure the socket isn't engaging the hex on the pulley. Use an impact! If you don't have one, throw it in the back of your truck and take it to a mechanic shop, hand them $10 to take it off.