Replacing a spindle and maintenance on a Snapper zero turn

[@philliphall5198]

HF has a good chain hoist for cheap and it works great 👍 Had two of them for years now

[@keithwallick7440]

Love it! Thanks

[@mikeske9777]

New subscriber. I am retired mechanic vehicle and jet aircraft. A tip if you don't mind on doing the oil change and after you have that tube then reach up and take the dipstick out as it lets atmospheric air push the oil faster out of the crankcase.

[@keithwallick7440]

Thanks for the tip!

[@jamesrobison9246]

hey K .you need to take the cover off the motor and blow off and out the cooling vains to help keep the motor cool

[@keithwallick7440]

Yeah I think you're right. That would be a good thing to do!

[@michaelslack6891]

I need one of those! But first! I need a beam. Thanks for da video! Mike in DFW

[@michaelslack6891]

Yep. Cheap @$$

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

3:06 I have 3 of those types of lifts ( from Harbor Freight ) & I love them, the ONLY thing I DON'T like is the Lift / Lower chain loop is too long, sometimes whenever I get a welder out to my place I will cut a section out of it & have the welder patch the ends back together

[@keithwallick7440]

Yeah that chain is a little long!

[@fightdhr8866]

6 1/2 hours!Id be wore out and put up wet to pappy.😂You remind me of my Uncle Sydney R.I.P..I'm running that Zt 50 cub cadet it needs these replaced figured I stop in and get ahead of the game.Subbed up..❤

[@keithwallick7440]

Thanks so much!

[@H0kieJoe]

Always make sure to keep your pulley spindles greased well.

[@keithwallick7440]

Thanks!

[@lancefretwell8768]

Mobil 1 Excellent choice

[@keithwallick7440]

Synthetic baby!

[@mwrcrft]

The Snapper , Symplicity and now Stihl arre owned by Briggs and Stratton along with Ferris. Many of the mowers are simple rebrands but not all so the parts are interchangeable between name plates.

[@keithwallick7440]

Good to know but I wish there was a real good place to find a cross reference for those kind of parts.

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

"Stihl arre owned by Briggs and Stratton"

[@dropndeal]

Incorrect! Stihl is currently privately held by the original founder’s descendants.

[@mwrcrft]

@dropndeal You are absolutely correct KPS bought B&S out of bankruptcy and has revamped the offering and partnered with Stilh to manufacture a line of Stihl branded mowers.

[@dropndeal]

@@mwrcrft Just pointing out that Stihl is not owned by Briggs and Stratton per your original comment (which you can edit for clarity). That said, Ferris et al, are manufacturing zero-turns for Stihl. However that’s a common manufacturing contract practice, and does not translate to ownership.

[@slomo535]

That is a heavy deck. Maybe plywood first and follow with creeper or dolly. Drop the deck and roll her out! I was lucky with my Gravely deck spindles. They knock apart easy and use 6203 2RS bearings - Ebay 10 for $15. Like your chain fall better than my cable come along, but I am cheap Ha Ha Ha. Added zerks and a clamping grease nozzle. Takes a bunch of pumps though. I left the plastic seals on and they grease up fine.

[@keithwallick7440]

Good stuff! Gravely is a good brand from what I have heard.

[@johnhicks3890]

did your new spindle come with threaded bolt holes? I ordered new spindles and mine were all clean straight through holes nothing for my bolts to thread into

[@keithwallick7440]

Negative. I ended up using a nut and bolt. Somebody else commented that they come from the factory like that and they use a threading bolt.

[@johnhicks3890]

@@keithwallick7440 do you know what size bolt and how long you went with and also what combination of washers you used? Ill just order everything vs ho try and match it all up at hardware store

[@keithwallick7440]

@@johnhicks3890 I'm not on the property currently. I don't have that information available right now.

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

Are those front wheels SOLID replacements?? What is the brand & part number if you don't mind

[@keithwallick7440]

They are Weize universal flat free Wheels off of Amazon

[@walterchang6074]

How did you get the pulley off missing in video

[@keithwallick7440]

You're right I didn't show it. On my unit there's one bolt that holds it to the top of the spindle. Just remove that and the pulley comes off. You may want to remove the pulley first before you remove the blade so you have something to hold on to keep the pulley from spinning. I have another video about 20 videos back in the playlist. In that video it's at about the 6 minute mark it shows the pulley with the bolts going through them. I hope that answers your question! Thanks Keith!

[@lawncare504]

Looks like the blades were installed upside down

[@lawncare504]

The center andd the one on the right on the video which is prob left on the machine

[@keithwallick7440]

Have to check

[@lawncare504]

Did you check?

[@keithwallick7440]

@@lawncare504 No. That property is out of town. Had a medical event in the family. Haven't been back to much. Thanks. Will check at some point.

[@PS-in8di]

Why pull the deck my husband just changed both spindles on ours and didn't need to remove it. Someone told him years ago do things smarter not harder. He's disabled so removing deck would of been a lot more unnecessary work.

[@keithwallick7440]

Yeah I suppose it depends on the model or how many spindles you have. Maybe some are easier to access than others. Mine was difficult to get to the center one. But you have a point.