Re: (ET) Deck better, not perfect :-)

[John Jeno <jjjeno hotmail com>]

I think you will find the blocking plate will stiffen t he deck more than 
a bar. You see the bar creates a parallelogram that allows flexing (think 
of an open ended box). but the blocking plate acts as a shear panel which 
cannot flex sideways.   Probably will stop the crack from progressing for 
the rest of the year. 

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> On Sep 14, 2014, at 5:31 PM, "CZ Unit" <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
> 
> So this afternoon I got out the MAPP gas, torch, and some steel bar to 
> build a nice little reinforcing bar for the mower deck. It goes from the 
> front where the wheel is to the back bolt hole behind the chute 
> discharge and has resulted in a re-aligned deck.
> 
> It's good, not perfect. I ground down the top welds so the deck top is 
> nice and proper, however the side break in the deck is still there. 
> Drat. I'll probably shape and fabricate a sheet metal patch for that 
> area next spring, but it should hold through 2014.
> 
> Next up is to get a new blocking plate and put it in. The blocking plate 
> will provide some vertical stiffening, but the bar will provide most of 
> the strength.
> 
> C
> 
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