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sovereign mower deck roller bar repair


gravey72

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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

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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...

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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...

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  • 2 weeks later...

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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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.

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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. :(

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