Picked up a 128 for its 44A deck for my 122
 

This one popped up, a little further away than I would have liked but I had been keeping an eye out for a 44A deck to run on my 122, and this turned up with a deck. It had a blown seal so it was sold as "needs work". I got it home and all the work was pretty much done. They clutch was off (the button and retainers are ruined) and the clamshell pulley was already loose. All I had to do was slide it off, and pull out the seal which had come loose and fell inside, and install a new one which I had on hand already. I put some gas in it, and it ran started seeping out through the fuel line, so I replaced that. Turned it over, and it fired right up and it runs. Not great, but it runs. I'm sure there's probably some junk in the carburetor that needs cleaned out from sitting, but the engine sounds good, and didn't smoke. :biggrin2:

The deck is in really good shape, it is missing the left front skid though.

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Keep us posted on this match up.

Is that an unpossible matchup? I know the 122 didn't come with those decks but it looks like it'll fit.

NO, not saying that it can't be done. The 1x2/3 Series was paired up with the 38, 42, or 48 inch decks. Haven't seen the newer 44/50 series decks on the older tractors. That's why I said, keep us posted on the possibilities and progress.

I did exactly this recently on a 104 with a buddy. You have to mix the front of a narrow frame mule drive with the rear section of a WF mule drive. The reason is so that the drive will clear the offset pulley on the deck. Worked out great for us, and cuts much better than the smoked 42" NF deck we removed.

I'm currently rebuilding a 50" deck for my 126 and will post pics if I ever finish it. Haha

Thats cool, thanks MattC. I have all those parts here so swapping stuff out won't be a big deal. I have a 48" deck on it now, but I don't really like it. I love my 50C and 44C, so I was hoping the 44A would cut the same and work on my 122. I just took the 128 for its first spin, and the clutch is VERY noisy when driving it, I'm thinking the bearing is toast. I was figuring on parting this one out and keeping the deck anyway. The engine purrs now, and runs strong with no smoke at all.

sorner - please forgive me if this crosses a line, but I could not resist!

I came across this image while surfing the internet and could not help but notice a possible family resemblance. Could this be a long lost relative?

Oh, and good luck with the 122, one of my favorites!

Nice find on the 128, wheel weights are a bonus!

Congrats on the 128!

Nice score!

No relation... haha

So I attempted this today. I can’t get it to mount up. The back part of the hanger that goes up to the cross bar doesn’t fit because it has two pieces of metal welded on so it’s wider. So I thought I’d switch out the swivel part that has the forks that go to the front of the deck with the 122 one and now after an hours long struggle I got the deck mounted, but it won’t lift. At the highest point the deck is still on the ground. At the lowest it is pushing down on the deck, and that’s at about half way down. There isn’t much room to travel up and down.

That's strange sorner. We didn't encounter this issue. I'll ask my buddy to take some pictures of his setup.

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My buddy did remind me that he had to grind the lever arm a bit to fit onto the cross bar.

Thanks Matt, that lever arm is the issue. Grinding it would help.

I ground about 1/2" into that arm, and now it fits and goes up and down pretty good. But now my belt doesn't fit, and neither does the one off the 128.. Both are too short. Did you have to use a different size belt?

Hey Sorner,

He didn't, but who knows if his belt was the size cub listed in the first place. He bought the 104 recently, and is more of a Wheel Horse guy.

I'm a bit surprised, because the pulley should be more or less in the same spot. Should be easy enough to rectify though. Good luck and post some pics when you get it sorted.

Thanks Matt. The pulley on the 44C is a little bigger around I think than the 48" deck. The belt probably only needs to be about 1-2" longer than what I have to fit right. I have three here, the one that came off the 128, and the one from the 122, and an extra one that came with the 122 that the guy wasn't sure if it was the deck or pto belt, and none of them fit.

Some pictures of the tractor and my helpers.

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Happy to see you got it sorted.

The deck is on. I haven’t gotten a belt figured out yet.

I figured I would circle back and update this one. I started another thread to try and figure out the deck drive belt situation, and I found that the 81" belt the manual calls for is the right one. Somehow I ended up with two mutant belts that don't fit, and they both came off applications that look to me like they call for the same belt. That's kind of how the story goes for me, but now I can mow with it. :beer2: