782 deck - Page 2

ACecil · #11 01-23-2013, 10:47 PM

The new paint is looking good, Todd!

zippy1 · #12 01-24-2013, 09:27 PM

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

inspectorudy · #13 01-24-2013, 10:34 PM

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.

macman81 · #14 01-24-2013, 11:53 PM

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

zippy1 · #15 01-25-2013, 12:16 AM

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.

zippy1 · #16 01-26-2013, 08:12 PM

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

ACecil · #17 01-26-2013, 10:22 PM

That's a lot of rust!

dag1450 · #18 01-26-2013, 10:23 PM

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

zippy1 · #19 01-27-2013, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by dag1450

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.

dag1450 · #20 01-27-2013, 06:34 AM

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