Posted by Jeremy in DE on December 04, 2021 at 07:32:06 from (160.72.33.41):
In Reply to: Mower gearbox posted by Jeremy in DE on November 30, 2021 at 09:10:05:
I want to close out this thread by describing what I finally decided to do just in case anyone ever finds this in the archives.
After pricing the various used rotary mowers available locally I decided to repair the one I have.
I ordered an off-the-shelf gearbox, stump jumper to fit it, and a new PTO shaft. I had to enlarge the central hole in the mower deck. That definitely worried me, but I pulled it off with an angle grinder and cutoff discs. I drilled the new mounting holes for the gearbox.
For me, this was all dabbling in work beyond what I usually attempt. But it all works smoothly now.
The mower still looks like it's 50+ years old, but all the moving parts (except the tail wheel) are new. For my kind of use it might have a chance of another 50 years.
Total cost was slightly less than going rate of well used ones in my area, plus about 3 hours of time to assemble.
I tested it out for about 20 minutes and it seems to work like a charm.
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