@aggiejet I broke one bolt as well. Ended up having to drill and retap the hole. I found another video where they tightened the bolts and hit the pulley at the same time. Once I did that, it fell right off.
My hub and pulley keep sliding down the spindle resulting in belt flying off. I know it’s just had so much use that it’s worn and won’t grip in place when I move it back up and torque it back down. Thought I’d check RU-vid and see if anyone else had this problem. Suppose I’m off to get spindle , hub n all for my 20 year old Scag.
@@kurtdussander4944 This is a interference fit, so I can't see the spindle shrinking, but I could see the hub expanding. Maybe a new hub first? Lot cheaper. :) Good Luck.
@@robertwilcox8902 you could be right on that. I definitely don’t see the spindle shrinking. I could see the metal wearing. The whole setup on eBay is $60ish and I will probably go that route. On another subject about how the gentleman spoke on measuring from top down for proper pulley placement,, sometimes you got to watch measuring from top down if it’s a secondhand mower because the spindle could’ve been replaced with one that has a different length shaft.
The bolts would be shot. The holes in hub under head of bolts are way bigger than the bolts so that pocket has held water for 20 years rusting the threads away right under the heads., You could see they were eaten up where they broke. Almost looks like hub was hammering on them but guess the taper press fit is stronger than that.
