Finish Mower Wheel Supports

[Pooh_Bear]

The arms that support the wheel forks on my finish mower are bent.
Because of this I can't level my mower deck and it is way out of level side to side.
Both sides are adjusted as high as they will go and are still too low.
I considered ordering replacement support arms for it but I would still only have a little height adjustment.
The support arms currently look like this:




I'm thinking of getting some 2x2 square tube and some DOM tubing and making my own.




This way I could use a 4x4 as a spacer and bolt it all to the deck using longer bolts.
I could use more or less thickness depending on the spacer I need.




I could try fixing the supports I have but I risk over-stressing the metal.
And I don't think there is any way I could ever get them bent correctly.
It would be easier to just fabricate some new supports.

What do y'all think of this idea. New supports are $100+ each.
I could build my own like this for about $50 for both of them.

Pooh Bear

 

[Larro Darro]

Give it a try. This is what the wheel supports look like on my Countyline 6' RFM. Each wheel has spacers that allow you to adjust cutting height. Mine are 1/2", 1" and 2", but you could make them whatever size you wanted. Something like this might work for you.

 

[Pooh_Bear]

I have those kind of spacers. But it already as high as it will go and it is still too low.
Mine is a Big Bee 60 inch RFM.

 

[Larro Darro]

It's time for a modification then. Redoing the supports would be easier than trying to lengthen the wheel shafts.

Post pictures as you work on it, please.

 

[Leejohn]

I would make the new ones and start all over.