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I hope your birthday cake is tall & you have a good day.

 

Happy Birthday @Fargo Taco !!!

 

Happy birthday @Fargo Taco

 

Thank you, thank you!

 

@Fargo Taco







happy birfday

 

Happy Birthday, I hope you have a stupendous day!

 

I came late to the party, but happy birthday @Fargo Taco I hope you have a great day.

Couldn’t ask for nicer weather here..think I will go to the gun range. Downside of living in the city is that people frown at you for setting up a 200 yard range down the middle of the street. Hahaha

 

Thank you!

Thank you! I'd say there's still some cake left but there was never going to be cake.

 

Not if they are like minded neighbors

 

So let's say you find yourself needing a hole saw 1/2" smaller than the one you have...


Not a problem if you happen to have a table attachment for the band saw.



Final finish the size with a file.



Expand the center hole as needed with a Unibit, add a few pop rivets and done.

 

How is that for slick
$7 on Amz.

 

The Cake Is A Lie!

 

Suggestion time:

I rebuild these mower decks often. In most cases they need new idler pulleys. The bearings are pretty low quality as well as the bearings only have a thimble of grease in them.

I can take the riveted pulleys apart easy by drilling out the rivits. Install a new bearing and weld back together. It's kind of labor intensive, but saves me $20-30. The bearings are only $4 each when you buy in bulk.

I'm experimenting by grinding down the bearing retaining lip and popping out the old bearing. Takes about 4 minutes to do this.

My question:

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to rebuild the retaining lip.

This will save a lot of money and time.

I'm good with a MIG welder, so something that can be welded to the pulley then easily beat down onto the bearing race to clamp it secure is what I need.

I hope I've been able to describe what I'm looking for.




Posting this to a couple different threads to increase number of peeps that can offer ideas .

 

What about grinding from the two sides leaving a tab on both ends in the middle… bend up, insert bearing and then bend tabs back down?

 

Can't hurt to try. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow to see how rigid it is.

Thanks!

 

I regret to say I never finished that game.

 

Depending on what you’re using to cut, could possibly do quarters for 4 tabs if needed.
If you need to remake the retainer, consider using conduit and a steel pipe bullnose (rounded taper) or a swedge (size taper between sizes). Cut off what you need… weld. Ready to make more!

 

Evening shop, been a busy day. Fixed the exhaust leak on the chevelle...

That gasket was toast.

And started putting our left over roofing metal up as a ceiling in the garage.

 

I drilled the spot welds and replaced them with bolts & nylocks, probably didn't need all 8.

 

That metal brightens it right up, good idea!