IH Danco C-2 fast hitch mower

[Slim140]

Got this apart. I bet it made a racket when it came apart. I need to find time to go see the man and see what he wants for one of the decks before I gather up stuff to make one.

[Slim140]

Got the rest of the spindle apart and the bearing off.

[tst]

if you need new blades I can only find them from IH

[Urbish]

if you need new blades I can only find them from IH

Betcha Shane will have some made from hand-forged damascus steel by the end of the week.

[Slim140]

I’m just gonna sharpen the ones I took off. It won’t see a whole lot of use anyway. The only place I could find them was IH as well and they are $83 each.

[Slim140]

Finally got everything apart. There’s nothing else I can unbolt or heat up to get apart. How about that brass piece? Looks like a ferrule to me.

[Slim140]

Got another spindle. I bought a couple things the other day and sold part of it for more than I paid for all of it and traded what was left for this so I got paid and got this. God is good! This thing has great blades on it, one side looks new and the skids are in good shape as well.

[Bob McCarty]

The carriage bolts that hold the blades on are an odd size, I think 7/8". Hopefully yours are in usable shape, or I'm sure we'll see pictures of the new ones you made.

[Slim140]

The carriage bolts that hold the blades on are an odd size, I think 7/8". Hopefully yours are in usable shape, or I'm sure we'll see pictures of the new ones you made.

They are 7/8” fine thread Bob and I hope these are usable as well, the bolt is $49.68 EACH from IH.

[Slim140]

Got the blade bolts out, they are in good shape and salvageable.

[Slim140]

I’ve had 3 of these decks pass through my hands. All 3 have had different tags. This parts deck is obviously the earliest by serial number.

[Slim140]

Was able to get the big nut off without messing anything up on this newly acquired spindle.

I put some thread cutting oil on it and it came right off.

The other one grabbed some threads on the way off and left a mess.

The old spindle has a bolt in the bottom where the newer spindle is welded.

[Stanton]

...The other one grabbed some threads on the way off and left a mess....

What will you do in this case?

[Slim140]

...The other one grabbed some threads on the way off and left a mess....

What will you do in this case?

I only need one, I'm gonna use the good one. If I had to use the bad one, I would probably cut the weld off the bottom and remove the shaft and weld those threads up and rethread them on the lathe.

[Slim140]

I’m guessing they changed the spindle shaft because the 2 dowel pins would shear easily, just a guess.