While not car related, it is about mechanical stuff. Older zero turn John Deere has a broken pulley, John Deere no longer sells it, no 3rd party-ebay-market place etc have it. My scrap guy who fixes junk mowers could not give me a lead on where to find one. We started looking for something similar to have a work around. I noticed on some sites that a Bxxx number was referenced. Once I cleaned the grease and dirt off I found the number on the pulley (not the John Deere part number). I googled it and had several hits, Grainger, MRO and a few others. Yesterday at noon I ordered the part, did not ask for express shipping, today the part was at my front door just after 10 am. Awesome customer service. Also a decent price. Pictures of the puleys attached. Someone else may have better info but the Bxxx number seems to be like tire sizes, detailing the shaft, diameter etc.
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Steve , well done . Also shows that the web can be a real help .
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I knew bearings had standardized markings for size but I did not know about pulleys. Interesting!
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That would have been good to know years ago when measuring everything and trying to find something to match it… who would if thunk it?.. lol
Great info, thanks for posting it…
Kinda like bearings I guess. Each number refers to some part of it. I try to get actual part numbers of my stuff. After exhausting the normal routes, goggling the part number seems to work.
surpluscenter.com has pulleys of just about every size for standard size A V-belts. Then they have universal inserts for just about every shaft size.