The new paint is looking good, Todd!

Thanks Allen.
I was looking through the net tonight, and knowing my deck id. plate indicates it's a 44C, but everything indicates it's a 44A.
Looking at the spindles, they seem to be the style of the A. Plus the A style deck doesn't have the front gauge wheels.
But it seems the id. plate has never been removed, so I have no reason to think it's been replaced.
I know Roland mentioned the C. style deck was used from 1979 till 1985, but shouldn't that style deck have the other spindles?
Thanks

When I took my cups off the spindles I left the big nuts on the end but not all the way on and whacked them with a piece of sheet metal between the nut and the hammer. They came off real fast.:beerchug:

44a had the 1/2 pulley for quietline and 44c had 5/8 pulley for 82 and newer series. xtreme motorworks makes front wheel mounts that you can weld on to add them easily. i did it last year and glad i did. no more rolling sod when i turn corners

Thanks guys. But it really don't matter, it's just that I'm anal about things that don't make sence in my head. Especially when a picture shows one thing, and mine is another.
The spindle thing has really got me hung up on it being an A not a C. For instance if I needed to purchace a new spindle, what would I order? They are both different.

Got to do a little yesterday on the deck.
Here's a picture of another spindle. Rust, rust.

That's a lot of rust!

Todd, About a month ago i restored a 44 c and it sounds like we have the same decks , old style spindles and no front gauge wheels. I had a scrap 50 c with new style spindles and front wheels. I cut off the 50's front wheel brackets and welded them on the 44. I like the look with front wheels, i dont know why. I also ran a 3/8 steel rod around the bottom edge of the deck and boy did that make the deck strong without changing the looks. Dave

Thanks for the tip. I was so wondering if the tag was switched by someone, being everywhere I looked, it looked like a A. deck. Not an C.
i have an old 44 LT deck I could get the front front wheel brackets from. But the spindles are un greasable.
The old style spindles were throwing me off.

Yea my old 44 spindles looked just as nasty as yours, a wire brush and lots of grease i put them back in because they were tighter than the 50's. I wanted to replace the 3 big (but thin) pulley nuts that were on the 44 but could not find a good replacement so i used the old ones. I will try to post some pics of my 44 c later today. Dave