42" RD Deck Restore

[Kevbo 80]

Here she is! I'll start assembling as soon as the POR15 dries.

[Kevbo 80]

Tape the holes before POR15

[Kevbo 80]

Always wear gloves this stuff doesn't come off once it dries on your hands!

[Kevbo 80]

1st coat of POR15

[Kevbo 80]

2nd and last coat of POR15

[Wheel-N-It 2,967]

Kevin, you have been really busy here of late.  Good work. Can I send you my 42" RD deck for one of your restorations?

LOL, just kidding

[Kevbo 80]

Haha thanks I figure I should practice on decks before I start my first tractor!

[AMC RULES 36,954]

Deck looks awesome Kevin, will be interesting to see how the POR holds up over the long term. 

Keep us updated please?  

[Kevbo 80]

Yes sir!

[fabricator2009 48]

Nice job. Looks brand new.

[Jake Kuhn 1,547]

Very nice! I'll send you a 48 to restore.

[leeave96 487]

Very nice!

[Tankman 3,515]

Rebuild, rebuilt, restored, whatever you call it. Great work!

Journeyman turned "Artist."

Thanks for sharing. :smile:

[Kevbo 80]

Here is a little reassembling from what I accomplished tonight!

 

 

Goal will be to have this finished and mow with it tomorrow!

[Ken B 3,116]

Very nice, you are doing one hell of a job on that deck.

[Kevbo 80]

Here she is! The finished product! Thanks for all the compliments guys, keeps me motivated!

 

 

Next project will be a 42" side discharge    if anyone is planning to restore a deck and has questions just shoot me a PM! I have learned a ton after doing a couple of these!

[posifour11 723]

Did you have to buy new wheels or just clean up the old ones?

[Kevbo 80]

I cleaned up all the old ones. This time I just covered up the grease fitting and painted them all flat black with Krylon paint/primer. At some point I will want to take them off, tape them up, and get some red on the sides of the wheels. I also am debating just purchasing new wheels but they run pretty expensive on ebay at over $30.

[Stormin 9,976]

How about bushing the wheels? That's what I'm going thinking of doing.

[Kevbo 80]

How about bushing the wheels? That's what I'm going thinking of doing.

Hmmm... what do you mean?

[Tankman 3,515]

I've restored (or refreshed) a number of decks. Have a spare 42" SD that I don't need, needs restoring, a summertime project.

I disassemble, wire wheel, sand, patch (MIG weld) using 16 ga galvanized steel. Clean again, then again.

Paint parts next. Is POR15 only available online? Read from their website, looks like excellent products.

I pickup most of my hardware at Lowes. A very nice selection of stainless hardware is available. Each priced individually. I use a lot of Never-Seez® during assembly and usually SS locking nuts. Lowes also has a number of bronze flanged bushings. I'm going to look at my deck wheels close, bushing them sounds interesting.

TSC (Tractor Supply Co.) has the drive belts, Kevlar® on their shelves. Huskee brand, not too expensive. I just replaced a 48" SD belt and a PTO belt and a tractor drive belt on my '88 414-8. All three were stock, on the shelf. Each was $20 something, 1 year guarantee on all.

Your deck restoration looks great! Mine OK, serviceable, but not beautiful! :smile:

[Kevbo 80]

Thanks Tankman! The cheapest I found to get POR15 is Amazon.com

[slovinski 42]

That looks amazing and should last for decades,  I spray underneath with mo-deck and thought I was doing good

[groundhog47 347]

Kevin, that is an awesome job, will you do mine, no just kiddin' I'm not lazy but not that talented. Did your idler pulley bar have the steel or nylon bushings. Found my steel ones to be to badly worn to allow belt to stay on idler, haven't updated post on that yet.

 

Absolutely awesome  

[Kevbo 80]

Kevin, that is an awesome job, will you do mine, no just kiddin' I'm not lazy but not that talented. Did your idler pulley bar have the steel or nylon bushings. Found my steel ones to be to badly worn to allow belt to stay on idler, haven't updated post on that yet.

 

Absolutely awesome  

 

Thanks so much! My bar had nylon bushings and they were not too badly worn so back on they went!