Husqvarna riding tractor deck repair. Spindle, shaft and blades replacement.
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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We see over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!
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Why can I not stop watching these how to's??? Another great video!
Bree's just to cool and cool teacher
Like a good neighbor ,Chickanic is there.
After fifty years of fixing...Everything mechanical, it is always good, and nice to watch someone work on Newer, cheaper made items, designed to fail. Saves me time, and you are good at what you do. Great information.
I'm generally amazed by how much I didn't know but learn as I go...thanks for the homework.
I am still mowing with a Sears twin SS16 H.P. 48- inch deck I bought in 1974. My first mower. I mow about 2 acres. I have only replaced the belts and battery, everything else is original. It has the onan engine.
I love your videos.
Lady, you have taught me a lot more than so many, of my male buddies. You leave no stone unturned, are clear and precise. Motivates me to catch up in my mechanical skills, you're a true gem..... Every man needs a wife like you!! 🙂💯
Wow, thank you!
@@Chickanic Nothing but the truth, ma’am.
ONLY if she gets her own tools !!!!
Yes but there arent that many out there and the ones that are are already somebody else's wife
I think you are absolutely AWESOME. I love the way you are so thourgh and explain things so clear that even a caveman could do it. I was scepticle at first, but you are good at this.
I am not young any more so I hate mower decks to low to the ground for me. That said it is fun to watch others do this and make it look easy when we both know its hard for us old folks. 👍
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I'm right there with you Marc!
"us old folks" ?? She's not old at all 😂😂
@@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power I don't see her as old either. I did not imply she was old, but I and others like me are.
Excuses. Where there's a will there is a way. Amazing what our mind can do.
Don't let your old age stop you, it can slow you down but it can't stop you until you roll over.
I could hug the engineer that designed the tension release lever.
When I bought my 3rd house it had a lot bigger yard than the last two and I definitely needed a riding mower. My parents neighbor gave me her old Murray rider, the two speed Model, high & low, so I was glad to have it. So after maybe the third cut the left side began to cut lower than the right, I adjust this thing a hundred times if I did it once had me tore not being able to get it level. I thought it was a blade issue but nope. So one Sunday morning after two passes and getting pissed to no limit I jumped in my truck and went and got myself a Sunday paper. Just as I was hoping Sears had a sale on riders. So I pulled out my sears card called to see what my limit was and was good to go. Told my girlfriend at the time I’m going to Sears to buy myself a New Mower let’s go if your going. Got to Sears bought a Sears LT1000 and I couldn’t quit smiling! Was so proud and happy I went by my parents house to show my dad! Gave the Murray to him for my grandmother’s yard. He found the problem with the uneven cut. He pulled both spindles and he put it on a mic gauge and one rotation there the problem was, bent spindle. Could have save myself a lot of money if I had known about such part or problem but the Craftsman didn’t disappoint! I had that mower for 20 years and she still looked brand new when I gave her away and the only reason I did was because my parents neighbor had bought a Scott’s that they had problems with since day one, dad said it was the vent on the gas tank, nope it had a short from the factory in the switch. I noticed every time that I was in a bumpy part of the yard it would either cut off or back fire. Pushed it to my garage put a block on the seat fired it up and just started shaking and pulling on every wire it had, pulled on the switch and there it was, started backfiring, EBay and $13.00 bucks fixed it. I know the first owner spent right at a $1000.00 and three trips to repair shops! Keep up the great content, I love learning new stuff!
Always nice to have old parts around...
I definitely enjoyed this video. You are quite charismatic and experienced. However, as others have already pointed out, working on such equipment while wearing sandals and moccasins is dangerous! You may have done this for a long time and never had even on small wound but, the clock is ticking. It will happen and you will not like the results! Also, it sets a very bad example for others who have far less experience!
Aside from everyone worrying about your feet, this was a well done video. Personally, I do not like to use impact tools to tighten nuts and bolts. There are torque specifications for those parts for a reason. Someone can over tighten those mounting bolts and the cheap castings will break while in use. In addition, I use anti-seize compound on dissimilar metals such as steel into cast aluminum. If those parts ever need to be serviced again it will be easier to remove them.
Keep up the good work in the shop and keep making these excellent videos. That is, once you put on some decent work shoes! LOL
Bre it is the OLD MAN at Eliminator Performance commending you on do a good job and taking care of the neighbour, smart move. Just a note: a while back i changed out a deck spindle and wanted to test if the zerk fitting and grease would actually do anything with the new both side sealed new bearings. Took the inner seal out to check the grease and it was packed and full of a blue coloured grease maybe marine? Assumed the other bearing would be the same so did not check it, but reinstalled the inner seal and by hand and paint stick started to pack the inner spindle housing with RED & TACKY grease, yep you guessed it red in colour. Hand packing just helped me out by not requiring to pump around 70 pumps from the grease gun to fill the inner housing. Anyway i reassembled the bearings and pulley and started pumping the grease gun filled with a new tube of red and tacky until grease back pressure could be felt and grease started coming out of the bearing ends which happened to be blue in colour so i figured the red grease must be displacing the blue. Disassembled the spindle and bearings again pulled the inner seals on both and guess what? Red grease was going into the bearing through the inner and outer diameters of the seal i guess no other way for it to get in there. So the moral of the story is do you want to pump 210 times with the grease gun to possibly make those bearings hold up longer and grease them every year cause grease will go in there just not sure how much but the two colours say some goes in.
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@@logangarrison7254 Yep your number may be closer it is a lot of pumps of grease to fill them just think how much money it would cost the manufacturer to sell them filled?
My zero turn Husky takes a beating every year because my yard grows rocks. New blades and at least one spindle set every season. Just one of the joys living in the mountains.
1st a carburetor rebuild and now removing my deck and replacing the belt...all thanks to you!
Thanks Chickanic😊
Actually the spindles are designed to take grease through the hollow bolt out holes and fill the center of the spindle. When installing bearings you are meant to pop the dust seals off the upper side of the bottom bearing and lower side of the top bearing. This allows grease to enter them and be spread among the balls and cage. Now honestly the system is flawed as unless you grease them regularly they dry up and don't take grease. Also they use damn near a third of a tube per spindle which largely just sits their most of it's life. Nice thing is they are cheap bearing so replacing them every so many hours and not wasting the grease is not horribly hard on the pocket book. I have had three of the very same decks one on a Husky, on a Craftsman Pro and one a Poulan Pro. As always you give great advice and tips that will help homeowners save money and get more life out of their equipment. Thankyou very much and best wishes from Atlantic Canada.
You are a terrific neighbor and mechanic! Thanks for the lesson.
Well done, great job. I noticed the steel toe cap flip flops in the first segment 😂
So hilarious that this exact same thing happened to me yesterday. So now I am waiting on the replacement spindle to get here tomorrow. Watched the video to double check everything I am doing is the same and good to know I am spot on (minus the cat issue, have a dog though that likes to know what dad is doing 😆). As for the hammer issue, mine is always Phillips vs flathead. Keep up with the good information you are providing, it is very helpful and informative. Thanks for taking your time to share!
Grinner If you have a Husqvarna or any brand mower keep a pair of spindles and pulleys and blades on hand and not if but when you hit a rock and break a spindle you can be back to mowing right away, then reorder the parts you need !!!
I went thru three belts because Someone at church knew it all. Thank you even that's a different brand
@@wilburfinnigan2142 just how big of a dam rock do you need to hit to do this? lol gotta be big?
7:06 wrestling 50” mower decks in flip-flops! You’re brave. Do my annual deck service in steel toes, after one of those anti-scalp wheels caused mine to get away from me and it broke my toe.
Cool that you used the good spindle on the old blade housing. I think many shops would just do two complete housing/spindle changeouts! I did worry about your toes when you removed the deck with flip-flops on.
Try using a 5"x2" margin trowel to remove the grass, etc., from the underside of the deck. Much easier to use and more efficient than a "screwdriver". Also less likely to injure yourself while doing this. Most hardware stores sell them for about $6.00.
Lady, you are knowledgeable. I have a mower you might find interesting. I have a Craftsman Pro Series lawn tractor, with a 42 inch deck. After 450 hours I was going to replace the factory bushings. I received the bearings in the mail and when I tried to install them I realized that first they were too large, and second the factory bushings were not steel------they were nylon. Surprise, surprise, when I looked at the axle I was amazed that there was NO wear. Yes no wear at all. I don't know how much longer my mower will last, but whenever I buy a new one I will try to buy nylon bushings. Investigate this and, between you and I, I would install these on ever mower that came in my shop and give people a lifetime warranty on the front wheel work.
First of all, my name is Peter and I love your CZcams videos! You do an outstanding job.
In a video in the future, I would like you to take an Ariens lawn tractor (something like the Husqvarna you did in this video, or in my case an Ariens 22 HP with a 46" deck), and show how to remove and reinstall a transmission from beginning to end.
I realize there are videos out there, but none with your quality of yours! Some do not even include all of the steps, they talk way too much and do not get things done, they are extremely sloppy in the way they do their work or the condition of t hear they are working in,, others tell you they will be back after they do something, but do not show what it was they were doing while they are off camera and you have to figure it out. Augh!
That would be amazing if you could do that. Thank you in advance. You are amazing.
I had to replace a spindle assembly on my daughters mower. I think the reason the bolts break off in the housing, is because they assemble them with a self tapping screw, and the aluminum housing, with a steel bolt, is the perfect combination to freeze a bolt in a thread.
I put anti-seize on the new bolts.
Her deck also had been assembled with the blade NOT on the spindle star, and it mushroomed the spindle. I just took my die grinder, with a cone shaped carbide burr, and carefully cleaned up the mushroomed star, to fit the blade on properly.
Those grease zerks work great on the spindle, if you take the inner seal out of the bearings before you mount the assembly on the deck!
I forgot to mention, the blades on her deck were completely trashed in just 2 seasons of mowing. I would never replace them with an OEM blade, because they are evidently junk from the factory.
Earlier this summer I had worked on my neighbors Husqvarna of the exact same model. He mows about 4 acres of which about 3/4 of it is wooded. I replaced a spindle on his. It didn't come tapped but did have the self tapping bolts. I didn't know there was another option. I also didn't realize that the blade side could be different.
He had brought this mower to me many times. I've had to re-weld the welded brackets on the deck back on, where they were stress cracked and peeling off the deck. Along with issues of the drive belt kept coming off. Finally after the third time bringing it back for the drive belt issue, I tore every part that had to do with the drive system off of it. This time I took the rear tires off to get a better look at the top of the transmission. I had it jacked up using the pull tab where you connect a trailer to. This released the upward pressure on the transmission allowing it to drop down. There were two 13mm bolts on the front of the transmission broke off. I dropped the trans and tried to drill and easy out the broken bolts from the housing. NO GO!! Wound up using a regular drill bit to completely drill out the old bolts and re-tapped the aluminum housing. OMG! It was a nightmare of a job. Took me almost three days to get it repaired start to finish. And as @Marc Davis said I'm not young anymore. Plus have debilitating back problems. Was SO GLAD to finally find out the real problem and get it FIXED.. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming. Love your channel.
I have one of this model mower that is about 12 years old. The hour meter shows 800ish hours, but it went a couple years disconnected. In that time, I have had to weld a broken deck hanger bracket, replace a broken spindle, install a short block because I had a slow oil leak that suddenly got much worse so I ran it dry and I have replaced all the steering gear twice. Oh, and probably 6 or 8 sets of blades; we don't just grow rocks, but it rains them here, too. The hydrostatic drive is getting to where it won't climb every grade on our property, so I suppose that's probably next. None of this is me complaining, but rather praising that it has held up to mowing our rocky property. I use the crap out of it on about 3 of our 12ish Texas acres from March to October. I think we have gotten our money's worth out of it.
Nice neighbor or a great neighbor, always make sure it is done right the first time
Note if the pully is hard to get off you can use a air tool put it on the center of bolt and under the pully pry up and the pully will come right off. Have a good day.
Another symptom of a stripped spindle shaft is the grass isn't fully cut for that blade. I replaced all 3 of mine on my 54 inch deck. Thanks for all the work you do on Saws to garden equipment always helpfull hints on taking care of quipment.
You are a genius! Thank you for the videos you post. We need more people like you! Keep it up!
Aw! Thanks!
I like that you reused the good spindle to the other side.
The majority only wish we had chickclanic as a neighbor, but the repair video's will have to do thanks Bre for saving us money, time and frustration!
I was a electric impact wrench doubter until I decided to pick one up on sale. For anyone who works on machines of any kind those things are awesome.
They are also peppier than the air powered ones.
Nice job again!!! Quality repair with simple tools and available parts. Really nice of you to be such a good neighbor. I thought those days were gone, at least in New York! 🤪 Thanks for all you do for your customers and neighbors!!! Stay safe and healthy!!! 🙏
Years ago Impact wrenches were a luxury found in most auto repair shops. Today, whether it be pneumatic or battery powered even the home owner has at least two or three. The sharp snap of the anvil allow even the stubborn nuts and bolts to unscrew rather then snap off.
I did this same job on a poulan that my boss gave me with a rusted out deck and busted spindles. It was a lot of work, but for the cost of 2 spindles on ebay and some welding wire, I have a functioning riding mower.
Nice to watch somebody that knows what they are doing and all was well until I saw the heavy steel crowbar and sandals I shuddered. Guess you have done the work often enough to know it can hurt. Thanks for sharing.
Brings back horrible memories of putting husky decks on working at Lowes, because they were never attached when shipped. Can't imagine taking them off.
This mower my neighbor got marked down at Lowes because it fell from somewhere and crunched the hood.
some of the husqvarnas come with the decks off sitting on the side of the tractor in the crate. always fun uncrating assembling and prepping. tried to line them up and do 6 or 8 in one shot.
This vid just reminds me how i need to get my husqvarna lt151 fixed and the chicanic is literally half a world away
You are the best teacher ever!
I have a Murray built by Husqvarna and it is the exact same mower only my Murray is red not orange and it is only a 42 inch deck but exact same spindles so thanks for showing me how to change and repair it. Good info.
I spent a lot of weeks in Arkansas visiting my grandparents. Wandered the hills and creeks most of that time. Never saw a deer, and now I’m so glad they seem to be making a comeback. I love your no nonsense ways. Hope you get a pink engraved hammer, but in a pinch a body hammer will do the deed.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you spun the new shaft, it was quiet, as it should be, but the left-hand shaft made quite a bit of noise, and the right-hand shaft was making noise as well. I just did the same job and purchased a kit from Amazon with all the rotating hardware. The kit was $129.00. I didn't want to have to repeat this process again in the near future. All that being said, you did teach me some things in this video, so thank you for that. Retired Submarine Auxiliaryman.
I take our mower deck off each year and clean out the buildup of grass, grind out any rust, and reprime and paint the underside of the deck. Our tractor mows approximately 25 hours a week, between our place and my daughter's.
I thought this was going to be a "we'll, duh" video when I saw the broken spindle housing but then I learned how easy it is to swap out a spindle. I had no idea they were so easy to remove.
I stripped my deck down, had it sandblasted, sprayed with Line-X, then I reassembled it using grade 8 nuts & bolts. Much stronger and won't ever rust
several years ago my neighbors grandson mowed over a large rock. Broken spindle and yep, new blades too for the John Deere. I told her what she needed, she got them and I installed. Friendly neighbors are a blessing.
Good video but you should have removed the bearings from the new spindle, remove the plastic seal on the inside side of the 2 bearings, then reinstall the new bearing in the new spindle with the unsealed side toward the interior of the spindle. Removing the plastic seal of the bearing actually allows the grease to penetrate to bearing. If not, any grease will That’s what I made when I replaced my Spindle on my Husqvarna LT2042 last summer. Many video on CZcams talk about this design flaw of those spindle.
90% of all the spindles that have issues at my shop are broken housings or stripped stars on the bottom. Even without being able to grease them, because of the sealed bearings, that is usually not the issue. Probably because we grow rocks in Arkansas. LOL!
@@Chickanic we certainly do Bre 😂
I have owned a Husqvarna LGT-2654 lawn tractor. I take care of some steep hillsides, so I had ATV tires installed on the rear so it would stick better on the hills. I will be honest and up front and admit that I was hard on this tractor. I had two major problems with it. First, I couldn't seem to keep the anti-scalp wheels on it. I ended up using after-market bolts and locking nuts. Then, the frame broke clear in two on both sides, just ahead of the rear axles. Come to find out, Husqvqrna used the same gage of steel for the frame on this 54in machine, that they used on their 38in machine. It didn't take very many times, coming off a steep hill and hitting bottom, to crack the frame . And.......yes, it was purchased from a big box store, not an outdoor equipment dealer.
Watch your toes Chickanic , nice video
Those zerks actually do work. Although they are called “sealed”, it is basically a dust shield and grease will get past it due to the pressure. If you don’t believe it, then you can also just remove the seals on the inner side of the bearings.
There is no way the grease will flow past the seals.
@@JM-yx1lm Yes it will. Do the test and then get back to me.
If the bearings are sealed, only the grease in the bearing will remain. No additional grease will get in there. If it could, it would also come out the other side.
@@robertheinkel6225 It will and does if you put enough grease in. Most people only put about 10- 20 pumps of grease in and it takes much more than that. A grease gun puts out 700-3000 PSI, those rubber seals couldn’t hold back more than 5. Do the experiment and you will see that grease will absolutely get in there.
Grease pressure will get past those plastic,rubber seals (slowly). But you can also pick out the seal on grease side and then it has easy access.
Great job! Nothing like the relaxation of working at home. I work at an auto repair shop, but I tell all my neighbors I work at a lollipop wrapper factory.
Incredible instructor, thank you!
I slammed something at the end of last year and will be doing this as soon as the snow is out of the yard.
That Vette sitting in the sun makes me want to pull my 74 Catalina out of storage.
Thanks for the insights.
Love the safety toe sandals!
Great work. Just found this video, it's interesting how the big box store riders always have their gauge wheels at the lowest possible position where they can't prevent scalping at all.
No comment from John Klem and you said “nipples”…! He must still be asleep! Thank you for sharing Bri 👍🏻
thank you for the video, my belt came off today while cutting and pulled my deck off. noticed my blades are damaged in a very similar way, so new blades and new belt required. great video!
I wish the mechanics I delt with were as nice as you have a great day
Thanks Billy!
I’m glad I found this channel for some reason I’m learning more from this than some others don’t have an answer for why but sometimes there’s no need to question yourself.
i don't think i would wear a ring or flip flops working around metal. just for safety. you did a very good job it is not easy. be bless and love in arkansas.
When going through mower deck , why was the Bearings in deck not Changed , then you can Show how Bearing Seals are Sopposed to removed if it has both seals in bearings.
My dad started mower shop in 1977 , I took over in 1996 , several years of Dry weather, it was tough , cause I had 2 kids in School , my health started going down . So I closed mower shop. Mainly Not much $ in the Repair's , especially when you can replace mower with New one for same price as Repair Prices.
I really liked working with Customers and doing the Repair's to them plus sometimes the Challenge's that comes with the job.
I really got tired of Seasonal Workers , seamed every year had to train someone All Over again !
I am glad you enjoy doing the Videos and teach people , as when I did the Repair's , I refused to Show anyone. Did not want to Give the tips Away.
LOL
15:41 Spent a TON of time trying to figure out why my blade was still loose. CHICANIC TO THE RESCUE...AGAIN!!! Thank you so much!!!💪💪💪👍👍👍
Had a customer w/ a craftsman rider hit something so hard it sheared the flywheel key, but the blades weren't hurt? One of my crazy moments.
If you use a gear puller to remove the pulley it would pull straight up allowing it to come easy. Using a pry bar on one side tends to take it off at an angle will takes considerably longer and makes the splines bind on each other.
Former US Navy engineer
Actually the easy way to remove a stuck pulley is remove the 4 spindle mounting bolts and allow the spindle to drop until the pulley rests on the deck and remove the grease zerk and whack the shaft with the hammer !!! quick and easy !!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 An engineer will always come up with a complicated procedure to perform a simple act. 🙂
@@jayjaynella4539 in my cub cadet manual, for taking deck off, there's an extra step that is totally unnecessary. I scratched it out and wrote, " stupid step, don't do this".
Sounds exactly like something an engineer would say.......
@@jayjaynella4539 an engineer will use the proper tool for the job!
Well I have to give you a big thank you. I was having the hardest time with the top spindle nut. Never thought to use impact to break it loose. But that did the job. Thank you for the video. Great work.
Wish you were my neighbor
Wife’s always hitting roots bending everything out of wack regularly lol
Cheers from Nova Scotia
I started working at lowes back in 2004 in the Outside Lawn and Garden Dept. and I remember at that time a lot of problems with the deck spindles on the Husqvarna Lawn Tractor.
You should also check the flanges that hold the rear tires on the frame. Huskies are known to have those crack. Not only did mine crack but the frame split in front of the transmission.
Love the way your boss showed up to inspect.
Well Bre, I'm working on my Husqvarna. I went over the side of a rock and when it came down one of the welds broke? It was the hanger that hold the deck up/on. Real quality, they have a perfect bead running along the seam but managed to miss the two parts and only welded along one side. It's ok though, the paint was able to hide it from an inspector. When the weld broke somehow the deck got split open, only about 6 or 8 inches. In spots there were areas that had almost a 1/16 inch of weld holding it together. While the deck was upside down I noticed a spindle had two of the four mounts broken. I have had to replace them once before. My bad, I hit a rock. At this moment I'm dazzled by the lack or Quality I'm finding as I am doing repairs. My 35 year old MTD was so much better!!
Really appreciate your videos. Helped alot. Makes me a little nervous seeing flip flops or other open toe shoes doing what you do. Careful not to drop anything. THANK YOU!
Good video i always learn something from your video's. I knock bearings out and remove inner seals then you can keep bearings greased if they have grease fittings. You probably know this already Thanks for video's.
Somebody else that has actually been inside one or more of those spindles!!! Mowermedic brought that out in his spindle /bearing replacement !!!!
thanks for reply in no way did i mean any harm you are the best hands down i have been working on stuff for 45 years i learn from you ever time. You are a natural mechanic and may i say pretty too ok sorry!!!!!
Smashed mine today, having only had it for a weekend and getting it running with a new carb. Thanks for putting this up, it’s really helped me to know what I need to replace. Obviously I’m now SUBSCRIBED😊
I purchased a Husqy YTH24V54 from Lowe’s last year. So far, I am happy with it. Thank you for the video showing a little insight on what to look for during maintenance. Your video about the redesigned spindles sent me here. Thanks again!
That must have been one hell of a thump when it happened. At the end, I was expecting the Benny Hill, yakkity sax music when you sped up the film of you walking back.
Thanks for the great video. 😁
Bwahahaha! I should have done that!
Did that little trick. Found a firm piece of stump. Muddled through. Thanks for the great teaching.
Thanks for pointing out the fake zerks. Whole lotta discussion about lubing them, ect. My experience shows the spindles will mushroom and fail long before the sealed 20:03 bearings fail. Yes, the threaded spindles will save you pain.
I had replaced the original spindles with real (maybe) Husqvarna spindles or very good fakes and had one mushroom. I just bought a set of spindles which may be made by China, Inc. They have grease fittings on the top of the shaft, suggesting the shaft is hollow to grease the bearing. Real or not?, I didn’t disassemble to see. Quality seemed acceptable and so far, so good.
I just changed all 3 spindles on my cub cadet. Not because they were bad, but because they changed the blades to an "S" shaped hole and a set of blades cost 85 dollars . Now I can use star shaped blades again, they are heavier duty than the "S" shaped hole blades and cost 35 dollars per set. I also saved the spindles because the bearings are still good and they are same as the replacement spindles minus the shaft. Thanks for your videos, I know you have helped lots of people.
I had to replace all three spindles on our churches Husqvarna. Nobody ever greased them in years.
Good to see the boss checking your work.
Replaced the spindle on same tractor yesterday just the 48” version. Had it not been for your video I may have been doing this for a few hours. Had the deck off, spindle replaced, deck back on and mowing within an hour.
Your videos are so well explained. Thank you Chick.
You are a Perfect neighbor, great job, I hope your neighbor was happy with your free repair!!!
Hey Chickanic, How about addressing steering problems on a Husqvarna rider. Really enjoy your videos.
Great stuff !! Thank you for taking the time to share !! Stay safe and God bless you and yours !!!! Eddy
In the realms of exact engineering, thats buggered
I recommend a 24-36oz ball peen hammer, a 4lb drilling hammer, and two sets of impact sockets (shallow and deep) for each driver.
Great info about the spindle shaft. Thank you!
Bree the cat said it was purrfect😊
Missing the Live Shows😊
I think it would be interesting for YOU to watch your early WORK ON You Tube. I've watched you morph from knowledgeable and subtle confidence into very confident. Your husband, for the most part, just stays in the background while you do your thing. You have become (in my opinion) a dynamic presenter. I feel that you provide options for me to try while most of the guys that are doing this aren't really showing the process. I wish you luck as you grow. P.S. - I check your channel before trying any of "Guy" channels because you provide a lot more info for me to try.
Thank you! It has been a learning process. I was very nervous, even recording by myself in the beginning. I felt awkward. With all of the kind comments it has given me the confidence to just roll with it.
gonna go work on my mower deck soon . thinkin it needs some serious help, thanks for showin us all we need to know about decks!!!
I’ve been meaning to get on here to leave a comment and thank you for my neighbor “Chicanic” for doing this repair. I’m so glad you had new blades as you know it’s hard to sharpen them when the owner or the person the owner loans the mower to try to sharpen them with rocks themselves. 😂😂😂 Thanks Bre you’re awesome!!!
I see your "foreman" cat was checking out your work. As an appprentice fitter / machinist many moons ago, we had a German foreman. If he asked for a hammer, it didn't matter what hammer you gave him it wasn't heavy enough.
This is why I prefer cast iron spindle housings. You don't have a choice when you buy big box brands. Lots of HP and breakable spindles.
I concur! These new decks would just rip though, they are made so cheap.
Cast iron spindles are great when the deck is a quarter of an inch thick or so. With the decks being so thin there has to be a weak point. Otherwise the deck shell would have to be replaced each time and deck shells are not cheap.
Spindle $40.00. Deck shell $500.00. I would rather replace spindles.
@@delseckora5327 BUT they both suck to have to replace.
I literally just picked up this exact mower from the side of the road. no deck on it, but just needed a new air filter and oil and it ran no issues, tough tractor. wish I could find a deck for it lol
First I’d like to say that I’m in no way criticizing or bashing anyone.
I have the utmost respect for you Bre and appreciate you.
You are the reason I’m now repairing my own small engines!
I also didn’t understand why a grease cert comes on replacement spindles.
I had to know so I attached my grease gun and started pumping.
Each time I pumped the handle I heard air escaping somewhere.
I couldn’t find where so I kept pumping and finally grease started coming out the bottom of the spindle from the cup around the bottom bearing. If I were guessing I’d say that it is designed to dissipate heat and possibly help the spindle to spin easier.
Hope this helps and thank you for everything you do to help people out with repairs.
I would post a picture but I don’t know how.
My deck rebuild went flawlessly thanks to your video.
You're my favorite! Love what you are doing. You have already helped me a lot and saved me some money.
The same thing happened to me mowing an area I don't usually mow but makes it easier to see when I'm driving off the property. Brand new Troy Bilt 46XP Bronco about a month old. Hit a rock, bent the blade, broke the spindle housing. But got it up and running as soon as the parts arrived. Now, more careful lol. This was 2021. Someday, I'll have to write about the Craftsman I had previous to this. It lasted me 17 years!!!
You are one smart lady...my hat is off to you!
I love watching your videos!! I just wanted to tell you that I watched a video (on youtube) how greasing the sealed bearings on the spindles works. The plastic will let grease into the spindle bearings. Maybe you'd like to make a video yourself showing that it is possible to do. Cause I didn't think you could do it either greasing a spindle sealed bearing the force pressure of the grease will push the plastic seal around the bearing will move enough to let grease into the bearing. Love your videos!
NOPE !!! You have to remove the inner seal to get the grease into the sealed bearing !!!!