sovereign mower deck roller bar repair

[gravey72 58]

Ive been repairing these fairly easy. I remove the roller bar and rollers. Cut the old bar off the bracket. Use a 5/8" hole saw to drill the old bracket where old rod went thru. Tractor supply sells a 48" length of 5/8" solid rod, need to cut maybe 2" off. Weld new rod onto old bracket, drill a hole at each end for cotter pins and youre done(almost). Didn't know if its ever been covered before but I know most roller bars are missing at least 1 end if not 2. Ive been filling the middle all the way across and not using any washers or cotter pins in the middle, only on the ends

[yukon 331]

thanks for your input sounds easy enough for me to do.i just checked the other day and my simplicity dealer told me that the roller bar was 125.00.

[gravey72 58]

Forgot to add the price, tractor supply sells the rod for $13.99, I thought it was very fair. I too noticed oem prices well over $100, so I started thinking... Sometimes I try to think but nothing happens...

[MikeES 458]

Be sure to use cold rolled steel bar, hot rolled will bend way too easy.

Cold rolled will be smooth, hot rolled will be a little scaly.

[dentwizz 6]

Make sure you add a weld to the one side to keep the bar from spinning. If the bar spins it will wear a break point at the supports fairly quickly. Been there...

[gravey72 58]

I have a oem  one on the shelf, I took some measurements since some people may not know the oem measurements if theyre missing the ends. Total length is about 45-1/4", 7-1/2" on one side of welded bar, about 38-1/4" other side of bar. Bar is about 3/8" thick but I'm assuming you have that! Hope that helps

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[SmilinSam 4,028]

Shouldnt have to use a hole saw.  I just cut the bar off the welded side of the bracket and then grind into the bracket a little till the weld is gone and it pops right out of the bracket. Then just weld the new rod in on the same side. Just have to use a square and clamp everything good so when you weld the rod in the bracket stays perpendicular to the rod.

[Gary 101]

I welded 5/8" ID shaft collars w/set screws, to the adjuster arms, so I can easily remove the bar without having to remove anything else.

[Brettw 1,127]

Gary, kinda looks like a Cinemascope tractor there!   (The young guys won't have a clue what that means)

[dhoadley 1,744]

10 hours ago, Brettw said:

Gary, kinda looks like a Cinemascope tractor there!   (The young guys won't have a clue what that means)

I guess, conversely, that if I get the Cinemascope that makes me an old guy.