I have a 5' king kutter finish mower that keeps breaking the bearings in the idler pulleys. I replaced 1 already and now I lost the one by the main pulley and ruined my belt. I'm having a hard time locating parts. Has anyone ever cut one of these apart and replaced the bearing?
Rear Finish Mower Idler pulley
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most likely one can go to most any tractor dealer and find a idler pulley that will fit. if you can not find one form the manufacture,
many of the idlers are riveted together, and could be ground off or cut with a chisel, and the bearing removed and replaced and most likely could be bolted back together, I have never done this as I really have not had that much trouble with idlers, (yes I have many that needed replacement, most of the time have just replaced them), on a mower keep them clean and covered if possible, many times water will set in the bearing and work it way past the seal, and damages the bearings, thus failure,
even a piece of duct tape over the top of the idler can help a lot, with not being used,
do not know if this is the correct part, or not, but may be,
King Kutter FM 4” Idler Pulleys 164
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and Agri supply may carry parts that will fit, Agri Supply has farm supplies, tractor implements & mower parts.
many of the idlers are riveted together, and could be ground off or cut with a chisel, and the bearing removed and replaced and most likely could be bolted back together, I have never done this as I really have not had that much trouble with idlers, (yes I have many that needed replacement, most of the time have just replaced them), on a mower keep them clean and covered if possible, many times water will set in the bearing and work it way past the seal, and damages the bearings, thus failure,
even a piece of duct tape over the top of the idler can help a lot, with not being used,
do not know if this is the correct part, or not, but may be,
King Kutter FM 4” Idler Pulleys 164
- 4 Pak - Also Fits CountyLine(R) | eBayand Agri supply may carry parts that will fit, Agri Supply has farm supplies, tractor implements & mower parts.
Last one I bought I found at Rural King for $30, and at the moment they are out of stock. All the generic pulleys I looked at all had smaller bearing diamitors. I think I need a 3/4" because the nut takes a 15/16" wrench.
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I used to buy idlers from TSC but stopped doing that 5 years ago because they never carried the ones I needed, or there was a spot on the rack but it was empty. Amazon has all the idlers you need and they'll be on your front porch in 2 days. Is it any wonder that brick and mortar stores are disappearing?
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I had a bearing on my mower deck idler go bad. Due to time constraints just bought a new one and it was pricey.
Took the old one drilled out the spot welds, found a replacement bearing and used steel pop rivets to reassemble it. Cost a fourth of new. Its on the parts shelf waiting to be used.