Rebuilding my mower deck 44C or ?
 

Hello All,

Well I had planned to rebuild the mower deck on my Cub Cadet 682 this winter but my 44" deck had other plans. The center spindle lower pulley exploded and broke off! I have a couple of questions listed below on the rebuild.

1. I have a 44" deck. I know that the "correct" deck is a 44C but looking at the tag it does not say "44C" anywhere. I think it is a latter model deck but it is very similar to the 44C. I attached a pic of the serial tag and pic of the deck. Does my deck have any differences in spindles compared to the 44C?

2. I found the part # 959-3367 for the 44C center spindle assembly. Looking at several sites it looks like it around $200-$250! I found a pic of it and it looks like it might not fit because of the "ribs" on the main mounting assembly. It looks like the deck would have to be cut to clear these ribs. Or do I have a different deck that have a different spindle assembly?

3. Does anybody in the Northeast Ohio (Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown) have a solid & ready to go 44" or 50" deck for sale? It might be cheaper than rebuilding!!!! :)

Thanks in advance for your help!

I think you remove the pulley and install it from the bottom then put the pulley back on.

Sam,

After looking at it some more, I think you are right. All of the spindles on my deck are mounted with those two steel plates on "top" of the deck. I think whoever replaced them (or the factory worker!) did not "sandwich" those two mounting plates on the top and bottom of the deck. I also looked at the parts manual of the deck and it shows them being mounted from the bottom. Thanks for your reply!

The old part was assembled correctly. How about having a machine shop make you a shaft? Check with the sponsors at the top of the page, they may have one for you also!

I have a 44C and it is not like the one in the picture. Mine has four wheels and a long roller in the front. It also says 44C on a tag on the deck.

Here is the data for the decks of that period.

190-357 = 38C
190-358 = 44C
190-359 = 50C

Yours is definitely a 190-358 or 44C deck.

Kyle

I have a set of spindles that you should be able to use but you will need different pulleys. $50.00 plus shipping. PM me if you want them.
You should also try the sponsors at the top of the page.
Cub is proud of that spindle for $200 +

44c good spindles needed
 

I am looking for a good running set of spindles for my 44c ih deck.

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