Finally a good post on the cheap way to keep up spindles

Seems like a lot of grease a 1/2 tube per mandrel ? Gear oil system ?

Those are seals with rubber on inner and outer edges. Almost all shielded bearings have steel shields. Some have seals and shields.

I would remove the seal on each bearing,, then pack the bearing with more grease that that little DAB THEY COME WITH,,, put the seal back in place and reassemble it,,,, there is such thing as having TOO MUCH GREASE!!! IF YOU PACK THE WHOLE HOUSING,, THE GREASE WILL HOLD MORE HEAT IN AND THE BEARINGS WON'T LAST LONG FROM OVERHEATING!!

Hand pack the bearings just like auto wheel bearings in the past. It takes 70 pumps from a grease gun to fill the spindle and that is an awful waste of grease. When you sharpen the blades check the grease in the bearings by play in the shaft. Chinese bearings aren't produced by these people to last very long anyway.

Thank you for this! I now feel confident hanging a bathroom cabinet with a cleat.

it won"t push the bearings out of the housing.... it will push grease past the seal/cover and out the other side of the bearings.

Great video!, very helpful!, I got mine adjusted just right! ;o)

Does the craftsman jack roll under your frame easily? I have the same jack, but my '99 ACE is just a little too low clearance..suggestions?

Today was my first experience with a toggle bolt and your video was very helpful. Especially the part about keeping tension in order to tighten the bolt. Thank You!

You are awesome, i am going to get this upgrade done as well!! Thank you for all your videos!!

They definitely do keep that sprocket loose!! Mine loosened up, didnt notice that it had looeened and leaked out all my oil. Now I have a seized engine that wont turn 😢. Going to have to do an engine swap, and i will definitely be changing to this setup instead!! Thank you for your videos!

god bless you & thanks

Thanks,!

I don't know if you mentioned it, but I just got done doing mine and it's important c people understand that when replacing you need to first put the belt up over the clutch in front and leave out of pulley to give it extra movement. Then snake the belt to back and from back to front begin placing belt on pulley. If you don't flip the belt over the clutch in the front to begin with, when you begin putting the belt on the pulleys from back to front, when you go to put the belt on the front if you got this big clutch, that's gonna be in your way and not enough play in the belt to be able to get it over that and if you could you probably stretch it so much then it would no longer be any good. Good luck I hope I didn't make this more confusing. Overall, I really liked your video dude. Thank you very much. Was a great help. Got me thinking.

Thank you that red tab on the connector was driving me nuts...everyone else skips over it or say "remove plug". You are kind enough to explain HOW. Thank you very much.

This video helped tremendously!!

Need to let people know to pull the steering arms in…. Before pulling or oushing……

There are good teachers and they are rare. You are one, thank you. I need to toggle into a block wall -wish me luck

I just came from a video that shows when you pump the cavity full of grease it works its way around the seals. Both top and bottom had new Grease in them. The don't seal completely!

The truth about spindles is 60 years ago you can buy a mower and the mower would last forever and the spindles last forever.. that's the true...😊 story

Non si collega al sito e non si possono vedere le esatte misure in italiano..

Thank you. No oil on the drill bit?

Sealed or not synthetic high temperature high pressure grease and bearings run til the mower is shot.

Good job thank you

thank you!!!

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Great video! this is the wife and this little gadget is so awesome

We wear the same brand safety shoes!

Hey Dennis. Your lawn mower videos have been a great help to me. I know this isn’t one of those but I have a question. I have the same rider as you. I have replaced the steering wheel , adapter both top and middle. How do I stop the steering shaft from moving up and down. Thanks a bunch.

The nut on top will prevent those bearings being pushed out.

No, you won't push the bearing out of the housing with grease. It's bolted in and can't just slide out. You WILL pushout the outer seal however, so that will be the indication you are full of grease. The seals can be re-installed if not damaged. On my new mower, I just removed the seals and made sure the bearings were packed with grease, and put the seal back in, so they should last the life of the deck, no problem.

I don't agree with the viewer suggestion to add a drain cock. I've had bushes catch my tractor controls and change the deck height and move the throttle lever. A drain cock could be easily opened by a bush branch. You'd wouldn't know it until all of the oil drained onto your lawn, and the engine seized. The drain cap is far more secure,

This video is bomb! Thank you so much

Instead of a wrapped screwdriver, you can use the handle of a wooden spoon.

I usually try find a socket slightly smaller than the bearing im removing . This distributes the force to the entire bearing surface. I also save all diameters of solid steel shafts i come accross.

I wonder if just putting an inch of grease on top of the bottom bearing and putting vertical strips of my busted deck belt on top of that, then spraying foam insulation 1 inch below the bottom of the top bearing, letting it set then 1" grease on it would work..sort of like the gent here who suggested seals improvements using milk jug plastic, I like to repurpose to improve function and cut costs. Seems the weight of the belt strips and their spring load action would force more grease through thr dust shields. Greasing the top dust shield with a larger fender washer over it might help too. Smelling the rubber getting hot might cue for servicing? my sealed bearings from Amazon only lasting about 2 seasons but the OEM Poulan lasted 7. is Temkin a good brand bearing?

This video is awesome! Very clear, concise directions. I feel like I can do this easily myself now!

How did these tires hold up?

Dennis is was going to say your front tires were on inside-out, until you said that they were foam filled, been working on small engines since 71-72…

Plug that hole with a plug like you find on a bottle jack so if you fill to much the plug will pop out

If they don't have a grease fitting at all, it's because it uses PRE-LUBRICATED, SEALED BEARINGS. Why bother? 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ I prefer serviceable bearings, because they may last longer with proper maintenance... but all-in-all, sealed bearing spindles have about the same overall cost over their service life, and eliminate the downtime of greasing. Nearly all commercial mowers have a serviceable (greasable) bearing alternative in the aftermarket. Most residential mowers have gone to sealed bearings, because they typically provide longer service life in residential use.

Hey Dennis, I found my problem, it is a broken frame ahead of the left drive wheel! Will add some plate steel to both sides bolted together, don’t own a welder, but frame material seems kind of thin to weld anyway. Have you heard of this issue with the YTH 24v48? Take care brother! 👍🏻☮✌🏻

Very Helpful, made the belt change very easy. Great videos on both your Husky lawnmower and Honda Shadow. Thanks!

Great video! Thanks!

This 64-year-old woman thanks you. This was a perfect explanation and walk-through. I completely appreciate this.

Are these dampners necessary? Mine had damners and did not automatically return to neutral. I removed dampners and made it to auto return to neutral. To me its 10x better. But was wondering why this is. Do they all have dampners and no return to neutral?

Nice 👍🏻 just ordered one for my hustler, thanks for the link! (Yeah, you’re right - why would someone take off the muffler guard and use that yellow spacer bar instead? 🤷🏼‍♂️)

Before starting this job drain the coolant, if not you'll have about a quart of coolant run off the moment you displace the tube. Also use a piece of harder paper to block the cylinder hole as you remove the o-ring to prevent it from falling into the cylinder hole.

There is no way that grease will shove those bearings out as long as you have the thrust washer and pulley tightened down with that spindle nut, also those are not sealed bearings, you cannot pry open a sealed bearing like you did, those are debris covers and grease will pass on both sides