Hi All,
I live in tough country and have recently bought a new steel cutting deck to replace the brittle alloy one.
I got an new steel deck and am swapping over all the belt-pulleys, engagement linkage etc..until I come to the cutter pulley.

This is a Left hand thread nut and then you screw off the cutter/spindle pulley (also Left hand, of course)
OK, I can see the key in the keyway - but it is about 1 or 2 mm deep.
How do I get it out? (also if I cannot get it out - do I cut the pulley to pieces to save the spindle/cutter plate and buy another pulley?)
Currently deck is up-side-down, well sprayed with the ol' WD40...I can 'wiggle' the pulley...but the key down not shuffle out.
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yours- with very shaggy grass currently.
Tim