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Old 05-12-2012, 09:01 PM
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Model 147 48" 3 spindle deck. I was not paying enough attention and must have had one deck hanger nut come loose and the deck hanger fall off. I noticed it when the second deck hanger bolt sheared off. Got a hold of Chris at he sent me a couple new ones which I thought were the right size(my mistake) but are too big. The new ones are 1/2' and the original must have been 3/8". Has anyone ever tried to drill out the bolt holes on one of these old decks? Is it possible to do yourself or should I take it to a machine shop?

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Old 05-13-2012, 02:59 AM
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If you are referring to drilling out the holes in the cast iron pice I would not do it as it may weaken the bracket. Best to get the correct size holders.
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Old 05-13-2012, 07:25 AM
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Model 147 48" 3 spindle deck. I was not paying enough attention and must have had one deck hanger nut come loose and the deck hanger fall off. I noticed it when the second deck hanger bolt sheared off. Got a hold of Chris at he sent me a couple new ones which I thought were the right size(my mistake) but are too big. The new ones are 1/2' and the original must have been 3/8". Has anyone ever tried to drill out the bolt holes on one of these old decks? Is it possible to do yourself or should I take it to a machine shop?

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How about a pic of what your talking about.
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How about a pic of what your talking about.
See picture below.

"Two support clevises and four nuts."
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Old 05-17-2012, 02:22 PM
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If your deck is anything like most of the old decks I've seen it won't take much drilling for you to enlarge the hole, probably bigger than you originally wanted.
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There is absolutely nothing special about those bolts...go to any hardware store and get some 3/8" x 1 1/2" carriage bolts and be done with it.
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If you are talking about the two "clevises" that bolt to the center casting on the front of the deck, I believe that the two different sizes are 1/2" and 5/8". Not sure if I would drill the casting or not, it would depend on how much "meat" there is around each hole.
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Old 05-17-2012, 10:07 PM
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Argh, I was looking at the stuff circled in red...

I, too, would not drill that casting unless there's a lot of extra material around the holes.
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I am puzzled as to how the nut came off of the hanger bolt. Mine has two 5/8 inch lock nuts that are so hard to turn that I hate to adjust them. The top nuts are just simple nuts that cinch up the hanger bolt to the deck and are not lock nuts. You might have a PO problem with other hardware if he didn't use a lock nut on that critical part of your tractor.
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Sorry Matt. I threw that old picture I had modified up there. It was already in my Photobucket account.

Regarding the clevises. I ran into the same problem. I decided not to drill the casting out to the larger size (5/8" I think) for the same reasons stated.

I just robbed my clevises from my 38" deck. (Can't use both decks at the same time. )

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