First thing: is the drive belt routed properly to turn the spindles?

 

Hiya,

Drive belt is routed properly. seems as thought the spindle is somehow NOT connected to the pulley.

 

ahh Ive had this problem not with toro with scag so not sure on spindle pulley set up
on mine it was a (key way) if i remember right also maybe make sure spindle bolt is tight again not sure how its set up

a few more specs on mower will help people help you lol
model and S/N off frame

 

I'm almost sure that the deck drive pulley (driven by the long belt from the engine) and the middle blade drive pulley are a stack unit. And the stack pulley and the middle spindle shaft are splined.

But if I'm wrong and the stack is actually two separate pulleys one atop the other, then the splines could be driving the top pulley, but the splines just below that could be stripped and not driving the under pulley.

You can go to www.Partstree.com to get a picture of it. Click on parts.

Enter Toro for brand

Enter 30144 for model number and a drawing of the deck will come up.

I can't tell if it is a stack for sure, but the quantity is 2 for the outer pulleys, and 1 for the middle which also has a longer shaft.

Hope the link helps.

 

Found the parts diagram... I am betting the pulley assembly is one unit too.

So...leaves me to think either the spindle is stripped, the pulley assembly is stripped, or a combination of both.

Now..interesting thing: In the diagram, it shows the top nut above a washer that must come off in order to remove the spindle. Looking at my set-up, the nut and washer on top of the pulley look like they are one unit and flush to each other, so I cannot get a wrench on the nut. That seems odd to me. Anyone else ever seen this type of thing before?

The tear down starts here soon...

Steve

 

I hate to relay this but was looking at the drawing again, and piece mark 36, p/n 47-0092, the middle spindle shaft, is discontinued. Don't panic.

mowersnmore.com says to call them concerning this part. Possibly they may have it. There's always the boneyards and eBay and there are lots of these old Toro wb's out there and parts off the Z decks are probably the same.

Just disassemble it and figure it out from there. I'm pretty sure the shaft comes out from the bottom.

 

Just looking at parts prices and if you can find an old proline with a dead engine for cheap that could be the best solution.

 

Just read the original post a couple times--have you ruled out something as simple as a loose blade--as in the bolt holding the blade on is loose????????

 

got it apart... not too tough, but someone definitely tried to jury rig the thing to work. The spindle is shot as well as the pulley. The Jam nut was on upside-down, and the jam nut itself was worn off on the sides to the point I had to pound off the spacer that went around the jam nut.

So... with a new spindle and pulley along with new spacers and a new jam nut , the mower deck will be good to go. couple of days and I will be on my way and mowing.

Glad it was that easy to get it figured out... not too hard of a system to deal with.

Steve