jchamberlin
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I want to thank everyone who posted info on their "A" and "C" decks this past week. After reviewing the posts, and thinking about it, I've come to the following conclusions:
1. IH never made a deck with spherical "patio" wheels; they all had 1/2-round runners; the spherical "patio" wheels were an MTD innovation.
2. IH never made a deck with anything but the "water-pump style" bearings, or with cast iron, straight roller bearing spindles as found on the 48" decks; but never an aluminum-bodied, replaceable tapered-roller bearing: the taper-roller, aluminum-bodied bearings were an MTD innovation.
2. The distinction between an "A" deck and a "C" deck is the center pulley; the "A" deck was designed for a 3/8" PTO drive belt, the "C" deck was designed for a 5/8" PTO drive belt. (44A Decks with with S/N 81741 or earlier came with 5" dia center pulleys; 44A decks with S/N after 81741 came with 4-1/2" dia center pulleys; 50A decks were never fitted with 4-1/2" center pulleys P/N IH-126393-C1, but only came with 5" dia center pulley P/N IH-59703-C3.)
3. "A" decks did not have a third hole in front; there was no need (however one can be added, as many have done).
4. "C" decks had a third hole in front to allow for retrofitting to an "A" sub-frame.
All this being said, which is consonant with the facts as reported by more than one forum member, and is stated as the consensus of the "experts" who have attested the same; if anyone can PROVE the statements above false, I think everyone would be at least mildly curious to learn about it.
Offered for what it is worth to help others decipher what they have in their hands, answering the question, "Is this for real, did it come from the factory this way?" or "Is this a modification by a previous owner, dealer option package, or a later model from MTD, not IH?"
Just thought I would keep it going until everyone got clarity.
1. IH never made a deck with spherical "patio" wheels; they all had 1/2-round runners; the spherical "patio" wheels were an MTD innovation.
2. IH never made a deck with anything but the "water-pump style" bearings, or with cast iron, straight roller bearing spindles as found on the 48" decks; but never an aluminum-bodied, replaceable tapered-roller bearing: the taper-roller, aluminum-bodied bearings were an MTD innovation.
2. The distinction between an "A" deck and a "C" deck is the center pulley; the "A" deck was designed for a 3/8" PTO drive belt, the "C" deck was designed for a 5/8" PTO drive belt. (44A Decks with with S/N 81741 or earlier came with 5" dia center pulleys; 44A decks with S/N after 81741 came with 4-1/2" dia center pulleys; 50A decks were never fitted with 4-1/2" center pulleys P/N IH-126393-C1, but only came with 5" dia center pulley P/N IH-59703-C3.)
3. "A" decks did not have a third hole in front; there was no need (however one can be added, as many have done).
4. "C" decks had a third hole in front to allow for retrofitting to an "A" sub-frame.
All this being said, which is consonant with the facts as reported by more than one forum member, and is stated as the consensus of the "experts" who have attested the same; if anyone can PROVE the statements above false, I think everyone would be at least mildly curious to learn about it.
Offered for what it is worth to help others decipher what they have in their hands, answering the question, "Is this for real, did it come from the factory this way?" or "Is this a modification by a previous owner, dealer option package, or a later model from MTD, not IH?"
Just thought I would keep it going until everyone got clarity.
