John Deere Riding Mower Deck Repair

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John Deere Mower Deck Repair
In this video Donny shows you how to repair a riding mower deck so you can save yourself from having to buy a new one!
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Spindle bolts used in video are Stens part number 285-039
Deck pulley used in video is Stens part number 275-124 or John Deere part number gx20367
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@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

Watch my video on how to do an engine swap on a lawn tractor here; kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbOkhrZl1JrImKs.html

@billsmith1770 Жыл бұрын

looks great . unless you need bolts in original position (for belt guard/guide etc) you could also "clock" the new ring 45 degrees , and drill new holes thru deck . this way the area around bolts on spindle are resting on solid deck metal , instead of on busted out/enlarged holes .

@ianbutler1983 Жыл бұрын

That's a good idea.

@billlovett4256 Жыл бұрын

When you're running a business the quickest best way is always the solution. That is the best way to repair it.

@alt9874 Жыл бұрын

bill smith, I could not get to a welder easily so took your advice and "clocked" the new ring 45 degrees, drilled the deck and installed the ring. What great advice! It is so solid, and it's drilled into fresh metal (not the old worn out holes). Thanks for a great solution!

@billsmith1770 Жыл бұрын

@@alt9874 thanks . i had seen this in another vid and passed it along , thinking it might help someone . glad it did .

@rvrt1829 Жыл бұрын

great idea thanks, only issue would be the zerk fitting will not line up with the hole in the cover. But I normally remove them when greasing anyway

@samjohnson466 Ай бұрын

You are a Pro, Dony. Thanks, good show.

@jamesc9327 Жыл бұрын

You have an awesome KZfaq channel Donyboy. Thank you for sharing your professional experience with all of us.

@brianbanks3044 Жыл бұрын

Great Job Don....welding is a skill that many wish they could do and you saved this machine where half the tractor owners might toss it to the curb if they saw their deck rusted away

@randysavage8963 Жыл бұрын

Awesome professional work

@GaryT1952 Жыл бұрын

Great job welding the thicker ring to the thinner deck!

@stephenzies8867 Жыл бұрын

Great Job Don . You Always Do Quality Work. Another Saved Deck 👍 😀

@barrypettit3668 Жыл бұрын

Another great video Don, i enjoy them all. Very informative

@keithpayne8943 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video.

@MoparMagic360 Жыл бұрын

Another great video again. I like the way u explain every video. Thnx don

@neildudley5446 Жыл бұрын

Great job Donyboy.

@vetterfellow Жыл бұрын

DB73, Looks like a good repair. Thanks for showing us how. God Bless.

@rickthelian2215 Жыл бұрын

Great job fixing the deck😀🇦🇺

@philshock3805 Жыл бұрын

Super fix! That mower must have been run for a long time with loose spindle bolts to get to that point. That's just crazy. I know you were doing this for a customer where money is a concern, but I would've had to strip the entire deck, remove all the old paint and rust (top and bottom), and make it as new. What started out as spindle brake pad replacement on my 2013 deck, turned into a semi rebuild with a thorough cleaning/grinding and new blades and belt. Although my deck has never been close to this poor condition, the amount of rust and gunk on the bottom was insane - took a good amount of time with a wire wheels and a cup brush.

@andrewdickson9964 Жыл бұрын

Great job those decks really rust out and loose powdercoat it peels of easy on the john deer's. Great tips on prolonging the deck life and I am a fan of antsieze great stuff 👍

@cornpop7805 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@tlm3574 11 ай бұрын

Very good work. Nice video.Thanks

@IronMan-ml5yi Жыл бұрын

a fabulous repair don

@wayneberry8703 Жыл бұрын

Great job Dony, gotta be happy with that 👍🏼

@IronMan-ml5yi Жыл бұрын

love that Lincoln welder, I remember watching the video when you first got it, must have paid for itself but now.

@mcarroll598 Жыл бұрын

Great fix!

@BruskyUno Жыл бұрын

Nice job !

@gasperajdnik8004 Жыл бұрын

Good work 👍

@deanmoore420 Жыл бұрын

Good fixed Donnie I’ve done that before 👍

@dfields9511 Жыл бұрын

Great repair

@fire7765 Жыл бұрын

Great job

@CFProton Жыл бұрын

I love the way you repair, renew, reuse (not just replace). I'm wondering if you've ever tried "Fluid Film" for rust prevention? Thanks for another great video.

@jaygee999 Жыл бұрын

Good Lookin' Welds, Donny !

@Mudcat597 Жыл бұрын

Good job 👍👍

@cornbinder Жыл бұрын

Nice Work

@John-cb6wn Жыл бұрын

The best on the internet

@mattb9664 Жыл бұрын

That's an awesome repair! Looks great!

@thyubernoob 5 ай бұрын

A clean deck is a happy deck!

@JamesMCKOWN-nw2ws 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the video. I have a S140 that I bought from Homdepot. With less than 9 hours on the mower my center spindle broke two screws and had the other two ripe out of the deck. I called J.D. for warranty, they told me I had to take it to a dealer. The only dear around me has a very bad reputation. As I told J.D., these people will automatically say it's not a warranty issue. Now I am going to call J.D. again and see if they will warranty my deck. After looking on the internet I see I'm not the only person with this problem, it happens quite often. Maybe a complaint to the FTC will help. J.D. should put the rings on every deck. I will probably put a ring on each spindle. Again thank you for the video.

@buck9739 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful nice job

@USMC-1911 Жыл бұрын

Great fix that rust is crazy I bought a new John deere 370 2 years ago and I have 2 rust spots already very disappointing I clean my tractor after every time I mow and then blow it off with a leaf blower so there is no water setting on the deck.

@Patrick4959 Жыл бұрын

Grouse work Donny mate cheers from Australia 🐨 🐑 🌏 to your area in Canada and stay safe.

@donvoll2580 Жыл бұрын

Good day Don Interesting video. Nice thanks

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@ourkid2000 Жыл бұрын

Nice repair! I bet you could cut out a ring if someone needed to DIY. Great video!

@gordbaker896 Жыл бұрын

Nice Save Dony. I thought you might clean up and paint the entire deck!

@robertmailhos8159 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome👍 for trying to pay for a New mower deck is not cheap if you're able to find one that's brand new

@nolansowell2885 Жыл бұрын

I need two of those rings

@100vg Жыл бұрын

I think that was pretty innovative. Great work, Don!

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@rvrt1829 Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks. I have a similar repair to do. but only a small amount of tearing and splitting around one hole. I was getting a lot of vibration in my deck due to the bearings in the spindles being worn out. I have the bearings on order but they still have not arrived and on the weekend one of my spindles vibrated the bolts loose oval-ing the fixing holes. This is possibly what has happened to this deck.

@williamnelson2942 Жыл бұрын

Good job ! Good info always. I like the flap wheel. If you have a minute please link where I can order some. They look like they work better than the Diablos. Thanks

@muffinthepug2358 Жыл бұрын

Donyboy73, the nicest Canadian I never met..

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

MUFFIN is the nicest Pug I have ever met!

@tlm3574 11 ай бұрын

I can't believe you could center the ring. Wow

@MrGoldman9 Жыл бұрын

As usual, you do more than excellent and professional work, and let me tell you something important I love about your channel. I hope anyone does it, which is that when you replace a piece or a piece that you want to change at the same time, you tell us about its type and number, from where you can buy it, and the product number and put your link to it in the explanation. Thank you for this tremendous professional performance

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@danparkin2530 Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to mention if the ring is welded on the under side of the deck it may misalign the belt and cause premature wear, great job Don.

@andrewdickson9964 Жыл бұрын

And blade would be lower than the rest I think ?

@davessparetime83 Жыл бұрын

If you don't have a welder grind out all the rust down to bare metal, drill new holes in the remaining good metal in between the other holes and J B weld ring down and install 4 four new bolts.

@Pete.Ty1 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@garyalford9394 Жыл бұрын

Where can you buy those spindle repair rings

@scottfirman Жыл бұрын

As I do not weld I would have to take it to a welding shop. I see so many JD decks going to the scrap because of rust and lack of cleaning. It took me a half hour with a pressure washer to remove all the built up grass and dirt from my last deck repair. It really bothers me that people refuse to maintain their deck, then cannot understand why it rotted away.

@patrickflohe7427 9 ай бұрын

Don’t forget to paint the bottom side, under the spindle / bearing hub. That was left bare here, and it’ll rust like crazy under there, especially with wet grass contacting it.

@richardwernst Жыл бұрын

Any idea if the bolts are a special grade? 2,5,8? And if you didn't use self tapping bolts, could you just tap the holes manually first?

@andrewk6844 Жыл бұрын

Easy to MIG up the deck holes ,if you have MIG welder

@PatrickCoady-ud7mg 9 ай бұрын

The gohn decks are very thin metal will rust after a couple of years I would try underguard car protection as paint will come I have a Kubota deck very thick metal will last longer than the gohn deer decks

@desobrien3827 2 ай бұрын

Any welder, for a good weld needs good prep...are mig welders extra sensitive.

@billlovett4256 Жыл бұрын

Great video Don. We're glad we could send you a few deck repair rings. Bill from Cumberland Power Equipment in Ottawa.

@CliffordGowens-lw6om Жыл бұрын

Where do I get those rings?

@davidgallie6468 2 ай бұрын

What are those rings actually called?? Can you get them to suit all brands!! Where can I get them in Australia

@carlthornton3076 Жыл бұрын

Very Good!... #74 ✝ {10-9-2022}

@Gordon_L Жыл бұрын

Good job , would have been nice to see some paint on the underside before the spindle was fitted , heated steel rusts even faster than normal bare steel .

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@jameshedrick605 Жыл бұрын

I've never seen one do that. What causes that to happen ?

@zlatkovujevic7348 Жыл бұрын

Do you know the thickness of the ring? 3mm or thicker?

@PatHiggins-Mayo Жыл бұрын

Hi Dony, im thinking of taking off my deck at the end of the season and cleaning it up etc. Would you recommend ? Thanks

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely!

@danalmeida5380 Жыл бұрын

Hi don't! This question has nothing to do with tractor deck, I have a duromax xp 4000s generator, it starts with a pull of a pinky, runs like a top, only problem is when I plug a 2 inch submersible pump it pumps for a minute then it shuts down power and still stays running, do it pumps strong for a minute then for like 30 seconds it doesn't, any ideas?

@setdown2 Жыл бұрын

Another great video...I have one question...on my deck the grass gets packed in the pully covers any way to keep this from happening...??

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

it can be difficult to stop that from happening, I suggest to clean it after every use

@Zombeegun Жыл бұрын

I use a battery power leaf blower and clean the deck and the engine and steering gear after every use. It keeps the sand/dirt from building up and getting wet causing rust

@LDReptiles Жыл бұрын

Hey don how did you get into repairing small engines? I’m in Ottawa Ontario and would love to be able to have a chat with you about how you did it. I was an automotive mechanic for 10 years and had to stop being in automotive for health reasons. I’ve been tinkering with small engines for about as long as I’ve been in automotive. Was there a specific course you took? Again I’d love to have a chat with you about how you did it! Thanks Don, -Lucas

@billlovett4256 Жыл бұрын

By the way I gave Don those rings.

@jonmyers8046 Жыл бұрын

Nice job buddy! Watch out for low flying aircraft, they're coming to get you. Lol 😁

@everythingvideos24 Жыл бұрын

I know my deck will never look that bad. I always clean the bottom of my deck.

@warrenlouisiana2277 Жыл бұрын

Good repair… now where to get the rings?

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

amazon

@rpavlik1 Жыл бұрын

nice repair! for folks that don't have access to your guy in Ottawa, you could probably make those rings either with a local friend with a CNC plasma cutter, or an online laser cutting service.

@SCROLLERer Жыл бұрын

where can i buy one of the rings ?

@southernsufficiency Жыл бұрын

If you are in the US you can order them on Amazon.

@PatrickCoady-ud7mg 9 ай бұрын

My Kubota deck was full of rust I cut out the badly rusty parts welded in new steel had it sandblasted and galvanized as paint will come off I don't think u could galvanized the gohn deer deck they are not as strong as they will warp with the heat of the galvanized just to let people know I have another mower with a galvanized deck over 10 years old and still know rust I cleans it after every season

@adammosher1115 Жыл бұрын

Can that be used for other decks as well

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

quite possibly yes

@adammosher1115 Жыл бұрын

@@donyboy73 ok thank you

@Irk66 Жыл бұрын

Is it a customers or one u are doing up

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

customer's

@mscir Жыл бұрын

I thought WD40 was a solvent not a lubricant, so wheel bearing grease might be a good choice for that application.

@andybecker2693 Жыл бұрын

A typical John Deere stamped deck. The missing paint is a dead giveaway.

@rjb6327 8 ай бұрын

Isn't that going to change the cut height? A cancer warning on the pulley?

@bernardpoole9123 Жыл бұрын

I would have used anti-seize

@WikkedR1 Жыл бұрын

Man! Those holes were so egged out that deck had to be vibrating like the bed of a $30/night motel before she finally let go!

@ianbutler1983 Жыл бұрын

I must say those mower decks were not JD's finest hour. Why does the paint fall off in sheets?

@KensSmallEngineRepair Жыл бұрын

Is it paint or powder coat?

@donyboy73 Жыл бұрын

i'm not sure why, must be poor prepping of metal

@zlatkovujevic7348 Жыл бұрын

@@KensSmallEngineRepair I believe is powder coat, I bought some machines whose paint is powder coat and after one year paint peels off like flakes. Most production company's do not spray primer just color in powder coating for cost effective.

@patrickflohe7427 9 ай бұрын

If it were my deck, I would’ve wire brushed, cleaned and painted the whole thing. Too much rust there, and it’ll just keep rusting. I’d obviously want it to last as long as possible.

@barrylee.freedman2203 Жыл бұрын

I try watching as many of your videos as I can which means a large percentage don’t pertain to my equipment. Learning almost always takes place. Issues like deck rust failures, plastic trans (manf ?) proprietary oil/filter changes and lower quality big box versions, please please keep JD far away from me.