spindle pulley

[chev0545 236]

any tricks to getting a pulley off a spindle that is really fast?

thanks

[DougC 2,643]

This might not be the approved method but it worked for me on a 48 inch side discharge deck.

Soaked with penetrating oil ( in my case GM heat riser valve lubricant cause I have a bunch of it around and the dealership forced us to use it and wouldn't get us anything else.) overnight.

 

In the morning turned on the air compressor and got out my air hammer with a super dull flattened out chisel and gave the pulley close to the shaft several short bursts. 

 

Sprayed more between pulley and shaft and then took 2 long pry bars with angled ends and pushed them between underside of pulley and deck and pried back and forth one side at a time and the first one came off. The other 2 required more of the same as described but came off.

 

Installed pulleys in vise and hammered the bent pulley rim back into shape so the belt would travel true.

 

Just the very outside of the pulleys were bent in from the pry bars an easy fix with a ball peen hammer. The rest of the pulley was not distorted at all.

 

That's the way I did mine. Didn't take very long at all. Hope this helps.   

[TDF5G 2,073]

Search the forum.  There are threads on this topic about driving the spindle down through the pulley by supporting the deck underneath.  I've never done it myself, only read about it. 

[chip61 666]

9 hours ago, TDF5G said:

Search the forum.  There are threads on this topic about driving the spindle down through the pulley by supporting the deck underneath.  I've never done it myself, only read about it. 

This method works well, and I've also had luck holding the pulley with a belt (be careful the pulley can cut you if the belt slips) and using an impact wrench on the shaft from the bottom after removing the blade. (unless it's an older spindle with keyed pulleys)