44A spindle pulleys
 

Hi all,I have a question , how do you remove the pulleys from the spindles on a 44A deck? are they pressed on,is it a tapered spindle saw they are keyed. I've about drove myself crazy trying to get it off . Like to never got the nylock nut off it! Any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks ,Brian

Once the nut is off, up they come. Not easy, I bent one to pieces getting it off to put another one on using pry bars. Most people say to remove the blade and take out the retaining bolts for the spindle and then drive the spindle down out the bottom of the deck thru the pulley. Spray it real good with PB Blaster too.

Thanks Dwayne,will give it another go tomorrow. The pulley is rusted pretty bad ,bearing feel like their in good shape yet. Doesn't wanna give up without a fight ,been on there 32 years!....lol

PB works great, I like croil but $$$, you could warm up the pulley w/ mapp gas. If your going to replace the pulley, heat it good. Don't heat the spindle to much you want the pulley to expand more, and repeat. Be patient, like you said it has a home there, I didn't want to move either!!

Well I got one off,supported the bearing flange between two 4x4 blocks and used a 10lb sledge on it and after about 5 wacks it popped off! Now for the middle one. The reason I am doing this is had to cut one stinking bolt off with the grinder,wasn't enough left to use a socket on. The first pulley was rusted away. I should have taken the bolt off the pulley before I removed the spindle assembly from the deck,may have to bolt the two remaining back up and put the blade on and try to wedge it to break it loose. I have been using kroil thats my preferred penetrating oil,not cheap but like it better than pb blaster.Hope to get some done tomorrow evening,broke my cheap-o vise trying to loosen the nut on to top the middle pulley tonight.Thanks for all your help guys!

If you have a air impact, it works great to loosen the spindle nuts holding the pulley on