If you can remove the pulley from the assembly, heat is your friend to massage the bend back to straight... a few minutes with a rosebud torch tip to heat the flange area, and then a steady pressure [some sort of lever device you just invented to fit the problem] instead of hammer blows which are nearly impossible to get just the right pressure and not do other damage. "Create the wreck in reverse".... gently with heat, carefully applied. It's amazing what you can do when you are saving a $300 part that nobody has in stock.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 6:42 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > When it dropped and hit the ground I think it bent it from the center > shaft so it’s no longer in a flat plane but rather tilted. I will have to > get it off the mower and see what I can do. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 8, 2022, at 8:18 AM, mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > By bent, you mean you smashed a flange in towards the other flange? > > > > It sounds like you'll need to set up a dial indicator to find the center > of the dent and measure the runout, and gradually bend it out with a wedge > of some sort, assuming you can do that without bending the other flange out > instead...if you go too far then it's big brass hammer taps to bring it > back in. > > > > If the whole pulley is bent instead of just one flange, it might get a > little more interesting, but if you can take it off the mower and use a big > brass hammer inboard of the flanges you might get it right. > > > > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B5HQ1BO > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
