While you are doing that, use the broken pot metal piece as a template and make a new one out of steel...
On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 8:15 AM G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
