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Old 05-22-2017, 07:56 AM
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They were designed for Cyclops with the 6" PTO and the high front axle.
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They were designed for Cyclops with the 6" PTO and the high front axle.
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Good looking deck. I just bought a 1864 with a 54'' deck. The person I bought it from, told me the spindle bearing were shot, so he knocked a 100 of the price and gave me all the bearings and seals. The PO, not the person I bought it from, evidently did not know what a grease gun was for. So I into a complete rebuild.
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Good looking deck. I just bought a 1864 with a 54'' deck. The person I bought it from, told me the spindle bearing were shot, so he knocked a 100 of the price and gave me all the bearings and seals. The PO, not the person I bought it from, evidently did not know what a grease gun was for. So I into a complete rebuild.
My 48" that came with my first tractor I thought had bad bearings but turned out to be a stuck idler. Same problem on my new 54", but I think one of the bearings feels a little "noisy" when I turn the spindle so I'm going to pull them apart and look around, clean out the grease and put new in.. possibly bearings if they need it.
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Tear down day is here:

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The rust really isn't bad at all. It looked a lot worse before I peeled back the paint.

I just realized that my spare 42" that I'm going to tear down to make room to store my 48" when the 54" is ready, has the same spindles as these do. I also have an LT deck with three blades that has the same spindles as well. I have all kinds of spares now.
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More progress this weekend. I didn't get a picture of it completely stripped, but two cans of "premium stripper" spray lifted the original paint and the brushed on paint over top right down to the metal. I wire brush wheeled and cleaned up the rust spots. There is some minor pitting but nothing I'm too concerned with to fix before painting. I'm just protecting the metal, not looking for show quality here.

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Looks good to me.
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Any thoughs on if the caster wheel assemblies might work on a c50 deck? - looking for something to make it follow the conture of the ground. Better than what is already on it.
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Any thoughs on if the caster wheel assemblies might work on a c50 deck? - looking for something to make it follow the conture of the ground. Better than what is already on it.
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Progress is slower than I like. But things are coming together. One of the front deck wheel spindle holder (not sure of the name) had the bolt twist off in the top that goes through the support beam. I tried to drill it out and it went badly. So that needs replaced. Other than that here's where I am now. IMG_3913.jpg
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