yesterday I ran over something which bent the front part of my zero turn mower deck. I need to push it back out because the rollers on the deck are scraping the ground. Could I use a propane torch or mapp torch to bend this back out?
here's a pic. I have eventually got it bent back up so it's about 3/4" off the ground, but I think it needs to come up a bit more. I used a car jack to push it back out. Not sure if I should torch it or just keep bangin' away.
"Most" higher quality mower decks are tempered steel and heating them will make them brittle. It appears you already have a crack in this one. IF you don't want to invest in a new deck--can you say "high dollars ?" this one can be somewhat straightened out. The mounts for the roller will have to be removed, the deck taken off of the mower, the blades taken off, and use some type of anvil, railroad track, something to hammer against to straighten out what you can. As far as welding--a MIG gun would weld this much better then a regular arc welder. The arc welder will get the area of the weld too hot--brittle metal here again. I have saved quite a few this way.
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