Sometimes all we need is that little spark to ignite the ideas.

Well its obvious your not a pro

@@latouselatrec the point was everyone needs a doable solution, not a fancy solution they can replicate, so who is lacking understanding here. Y dont Mark Lewis try and fix the mower without the same equipment. His tools are not standard John Deere. Go figure. I'm glad he created a solution, now i have to think of a way to duplicate this. I only need a wooden table w/o a center so i can view the bottom. a work bench made of 2/6's 4 and a few post. etc.

@@DelaneyStudios well its obvious your not a pro

@@latouselatrec Well it's obvious you're* not a pro at basic grammar.

@@TheRedRaven_ you can always tell when people run out of intelligent things to say..they criticize your grammer

If you build something like this and people find out that you have it, you will be able to do a LOT of business!

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! Work smarter, not harder

Yeah I could never understand why they didn't make a version of the 7 Iron deck for on the X500 series and up tractors. Or at least use larger spindle housings and reinforce the decks a bit more.

I am in the middle of finding a z to replace a john deere mower that had to have expensive repairs after the 2 year warrantee expired. I am in the process of shopping for another make and model and will not put another dime into this piece of junk from John Deere. It is disgusting to deal with the dealership. It has had to be repaired again by another repair company this year. I consider the company to be putting out junk for high prices, with staff who are unconscious, mean, and have no consideration for the people who buy their junk.

The John Deere decks bend easier than any other brands we've seen. Most people think that this only happens on the cheaper 100 series decks, but its common on all of them all the way up through their 700 series tractors. This has been an issue for since the early 2000's. We see broken spindle housings now and then on some AYP, Husqvarna, and MTD decks when someone really hits something, but usually on those the deck doesn't bend and all you need to d is replace the spindle bearing housing to fix it.

That’s very true unfortunately.

2.0x for me

2x here and still dragging

Neat idea. How do you attach the pipe to the deck?

Sorry Joe, but this was at a dealership that closed down about 2 months ago.

Great Discovery, But We Can't See The Technique. Please repeat with better camera VEIWS!

No, on the deck shell. Each deck bends in a different spot so you have to figure out where it bent and push on that part of the deck.

Your frame is bent or something like that. Can't figure how the frame got bent but it must be bent in my experience that's it.

And I have the same deck in the video…Cub Cadet 2146

Yes, you could give that a shot. That would work better for side to side, but be a little tougher to tell is the deck is bent towards the front or back.

Thanks for the reply. I'll let you know how it worked out.

Hard to say. Could be a bent blade of a bent baffle.

No, on the deck shell

That part is an easy fix with a hammer. Or at worst unbolting it and flattening it out in a vise.

No totally wrong from an engineering point of view. Mild steel does not require heat for it to bend, just enough force to exceed the elastic yield point. .. How do you think car roofs are built... They just hit a flat sheet of metal with a big press, and out it pops all bent to the correct shape... No heat needed.

After you do a few you usually get a pretty good idea of how to find the hump or bend that needs to be pushed back out.

Find the high spot and that's it.

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Damn it, I bet its deck... *Grabs 3# sledge*....

You are probably correct that it is the deck that is bent. If the blades were bent they would be shorter and less likely to hit each other.

My mower had this and we beat the deck with a hammer and evened it up with a

@@urieldelatorre2098 Ya thats what I did, took out the spindle and smashed it with a sledge until it was level again.

Yes it was under $300 and that included sharpening blades, fixing bent front baffle, and installing it on the tractor.

Try over $400.00 + shipping for a series 2000 42" deck to fit a Cub Cadet 2166; the porta power ram is

My 44 inch 2006 deck is 900$ it's a qrt inch off. Warped my spindle spacer bearing and bent my deck. I wouldn't mind spending 300 to get mine fixed.

WILSON! 750.00 new john deere deck

i need to know where this shop is as well...can you please share this info?

This is just a standard deck. It is not a timed mulching deck.

About $65

I can't speak for him or shops at all but my john deere deck gave me hell. It's old, thinking late 80s/early 90s. Used, abused and retired on a farm. My uncle got it, ended up giving it to me. I guess he thought it wasn't worth fixing. Deck had pitted rust, rotted out 1/2 around the spindle, every bearing was toast, had crackes around the brackets, rust seized everything... It was a nightmare. I bought a welder and learned a skill, kinda. Put all new bearings in, shaped the blunted blades up and slapped some new wheels on the deck. It ain't perfect, bent a bit. It mowes though and you have o look hard for the uneven part. I'm calling it good enough. If you have and old 38" 185 hydro, the spindle bearings are easy but there a snap ring holding the lower bearing in. Mine was rusted so bad i couldn't see the snap ring. The spindle threads are very easy to mess up. Use brass to knock out the shafts. The doudle pully is a press in deal. It was a pain to remove, broke the race and damaged the pully knocking it out pain. I used liquid nitrogen at work and couldn't drive it in either. The 20ton press done it without issue. Probably a machine shop thing if you haven't those options. It runs quiet now. Also I lied, the idler I drilled apart, popped the seal and e greased the bearings. Welding isn't my thing but I bubble gummed the rot and cracks. It seems fine not. I also wire brush the rust and painted it. It was a pain in the but but 20 minutes to cut the grass was worth it. Also grease is important on the front end, mine was stiff, zerk was bad. I took the front spindles out the other day and one got stuck so bad that I couldn't drive it out with an air hammer or 4lb sledge. Broke a jawed puller on it to. I ended up welding a 5/8 nut on it and pushing it out with a bolt and some 1/4 nuts/bolts spacers. Had to sand it to get it back in. It was all my little 3/8 impact could handle to and it'll zap off lugnuts usually.

Next guy that works on this deck probably won't realize there are shims in there and then they will have to figure it all out. Just not really worth the time to unbolt the spindle housing, put shims in, remove to add/replace shims, and repeat. We used to have about 4 bent John Deere decks a week so this was just a big time save for us and the customer.

I don't have all the equipment (press) to bend the mower deck or the money to have it professionally done (wish I did!!!). I hit an Oak tree's exposed root and it bent about 6" of the blade tip 90 degrees! (That's amazing, What force!!!) I've had lots of work done on my 2009 JD LA125... I have 3.5 acres and lots of Oak trees here in NE Florida. Thanks for taking the time to post this "How-to" and reply.

If you have that many acres to mow and a lot of trees maybe you should consider upgrading to a zero turn. Just a suggestion since the deck is damaged on your tractor and being 8 years old there probably isn't too many seasons left in the trans unless it was already replaced.

@@EshlemaniaTV kk on

Had my deck fixed by these guys. It saved me a few $100's since everyone else said i would need a new deck shell. That alone is enough to make anyone want to come back.

Because time is money. No reason to detail the bottom of the deck. He fixed the issue at hand.

It was a worthwhile investment when we were fixing bent mower decks a few times a week. Made it easier to get the blades lined back up and the deck mowing level again.