Deck rebuild kit. It’ll come with all new spindles, idlers and a belt. Work the money if you want that deck to last. Good luck man!

@TheGarageEngineer

Ай бұрын

Good idea. Thanks for watching.

I spent a week & a half on mine. Bought the whole deck rebuild kit. I did all the sanding media blasting etc. I bought a whole gallon of rust o tractor yellow. It spreads so far I could paint a combine. It was only $5 more than a Pint so why not? Im glad I didnt try to use those bolts that came with the reinforcing rings because I didnt watch your video until I was done filming and Im already in the editing process. Thanks for the tip I will include the thread pitch warning in my narration. I thought hey "Great minds think alike" when I saw you had er strung up. I hung mine from the rafters for the same reason "work smart & hard"

@TheGarageEngineer

25 күн бұрын

Nice. I just saw your channel and noticed the rebuild. I will have to watch it tonight. Thanks for watching.

A couple things. Usually, although the spindles are greasable, the bearings inside have plastic covers which don't allow the grease to enter. The fix is to disassemble the spindle and remove the seals. Also, due to the bent deck and weld bead, it's important to confirm that the blade tips are actually even with each other to result in a even cut.

@TheGarageEngineer

2 ай бұрын

That is a very good point. The next time I take the deck off I might remove the plastic covers. I did not show on the video, but I did later check the blade heights and they all surprising were planer. Thanks for watching and adding a great tip.

You're missing the support support piece near the discharge. There's a flat bar that goes across the bottom of the opening that prevents the deck from collapsing if you hit something with the front wheel

@mtrukovich

Жыл бұрын

when I crashed mine it broke. this deck looks just like mine

@dwilliams7861

Ай бұрын

It’s actually a foot guard.

That jack hack was awesome! I have the same mower with Briggs 560hours on the clock cuts better than my brand new ZT142 actually my deck is solid only issue is once it gets hot the right side hydro acts up.

@TheGarageEngineer

Жыл бұрын

The jack always is a big help. just keep an eye on it. lots of pressure going on. thanks for watching

Just what I needed thank you. Great job on this video.

@TheGarageEngineer

Жыл бұрын

Youre welcome. As I look more into it, it seems that this is a common problem with the design, and I think there are alot of machines out there that could use some love rather than be junked.

hey man, I loved the video gonna do the same to mine later this month and you gave good tips. 👍 Was wanting to see if you could send me the specs on the front left wheel holder mine broke off and apparently they don't sell them and I believe its different from the right side.

@TheGarageEngineer

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help. To clarify left side if I’m sitting in seat? Email me at thegarageengineer@gmail.com

On mine the deck was shot but all of the spindles were still smooth. When I removed the spindles from the old deck every single spindle mounting bolt broke so I just drilled them out to 5/16 and ran bolts all of the way through and installed them on the replacement deck.

@TheGarageEngineer

Жыл бұрын

Im glad I am not the only one that the bolts were rusting stuck and bolts breaking. Thanks for the tip. Thanks for watching.

@georgedolly8382

Жыл бұрын

Where did u get a deck from?

@BHank69

Жыл бұрын

@@georgedolly8382 I found a whole mower for $400 that had a pretty good deck. Before that I had ordered a new deck but they canceled the order on me!

@TheGarageEngineer

Жыл бұрын

@@georgedolly8382 deck was original to mower. It wasn’t that bad rusted because they kept it in a garage. I keep it outside now covered but I blow all the fresh cut grass off it every time because that is one way moister will build up and rust the deck.

And actually I think you can go get a whole new aftermarket stamped deck for that mower for really cheap as well... like 80 bucks or something... The original Cub cadet though is stupid priced like seven or eight $900... So with the price of all the pulleys spindles blades belts and a new stamp deck you're still going to be around $200 or less...

@TheGarageEngineer

Ай бұрын

good idea. when this deck rusts through I might need to do that. Thanks for watching!

Don't leave your lawn mower in the rain.

@TheGarageEngineer

9 ай бұрын

good point. plus blow off all the wet green grass after every cut

Buy a rebuild kit for the deck. $150 and you are done for a while.

@TheGarageEngineer

Ай бұрын

I will look in to that! Thanks for watching!