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This is the downside of sealed bearings. I had to replace a set on a spindle on a 7 foot finish mower. One of the bearings just ate itself one day. Procedure was similar but much harder than on this mower. The other spindles were fine. I'm guessing its just quality control. At least you can easily and cheaply fix it.

Taken my maverick hd to the shop several times,,,4 hour drive 1 way..ended up fixing the coil problem 300$ the injectors 200+ $ now can't mow my yard 1 time without it eating a 80$ belt,,, and costumer service has the nerve not to pay me the cost of parts..I didn't even ask for labor...so I'm going to make a video of everything I've been thru...bet money they loose costumers as well as they will loose in court.

Remind me not to buy one of these mowers, I have a 1994 Craftsman GT6000 with the original spindles and bearings and 1500 hrs of run time.

Ive got over 250hrs on my mz with only 1 rebuild on my spindles and even then only 1 had chatter but i rebuilt all 3

Can you give an update on your bearings bud?

Only 77 hours, wow.

Nitrile gloves are not expensive. They'll prevent the haphazard application of grease, solvents, anti seize, etc as inadvertent transdermal "pharmaceuticals" with known toxic and carcinogenic properties.

My 21 Maverick with 20 hours on it had both right and left sides spindle bearings fail and started howling on my 60 inch deck. That’s right 20 hours. Bad design or cheep bearings from Bad Boy. Ridiculous as nd was never power washed and stored in heated shop.

My top bolt backed out yesterday as i mowed about 20 ft of my 1 acre yard lol. Luckily the bolt and 2 washers were sitting on the mower deck. But im missing the set screw for the collar.

You MUST take one seal out and turn it towards the inside : else greasing the zerk fitting will do no good because the grease cann get into the bearings .

After you've taken them apart before you put the bearings back in remove the inner seal from the top and the inner self from the bottom bearing and then drill and tap on the side of the spindle and put a grease fitting and then on the other side put a small weep hole to bleed off excess pressure when too much grease goes in and then reassemble the spindle.

Excellent video fella. Well explained and helpful.

It would be nice to have a shop like he has.

Excellent video and clear explanation. Thank you for doing this video!

How in the world is that thing so clean? I don't even see a blade of grass or dirt on it or the tires. I have 5 acres, I mow about 2, I do have a lot of swampy areas at times, mine is covered in grass, and dried on mud. I can clean it, but it'll be destroyed by the following week. I clean mine once a season, but it still doesn't look that good. BTW, thanks for the video and part number. I think mine are shot. My mower seems very loud, and it takes several attempts for the blades to engage without stalling

Thanks for sharing helped me out.

You used the Timken bearings, Smart Man, the last made in USA bearings.

On another video the bottom bearing was metal sealed in order to keep out debris. Also there is some confusion on spindles that have zerks as to if any grease gets into those SEALED bearings!

my 90's kubota has only need 2 bearings replaced, why are these new bad boys all needing bearings?

Pull inner seals an add grease fitting

I'm surprised that you did not put grease fittting on while you had it out for "Future planning"

Drill and tap spindle and add a grease fitting

Greese the whole thing up inside greese gets hot and goes in berring, keeps out moisture and rust

You made that look easy. I recently removed my spindle bearings on a gravely non serviceable spindle, those bearings were super tight on the shaft, i think to tight. I had to use a small puller to remove them. Don't ask me about installing the new bearings, as i have yet to get the correct bearings. Ironically the original bearing failed because of a cracked inner race and i baby the unit. While I wait for the right bearings, i had to shell $222 for a new maitenance free spindle. Again this was on a Gravely ZT. Other than having to replace this 2nd spindle, its been a decent machine and cuts really nice. Any advice for making bearing seating easier? Anyone?

Whats the part number to them bearings so we know what bearings to get

I replaced all mine with Timken bearings Mower was just 1 year old and bearings were already making noise. Sad

Are the front tires on your BadBoy solid? Just curious.

Thank you for this video.

Why didn’t you pull the caps off the bearings drill a hole and make it totally greaseable being you did all the work so you would never have another problem

I wanted zerks in mine but they wouldn't last under the deck and there's no room under the pully. Since I have a lathe I screwed the top bolt in and measured to just below the top bearing seat, drilled bolt and shaft and then drilled a cross hole so grease can get in the housing. The metal seals on the outside of the bearing won't push out as easy as the plastic ones so I pulled the inside seals off the bearings and filled the spindle with grease stopping when it got hard to pump; spindle was full. A couple pumps of grease twice a season and they're smoother than it was new.

I got a question. My center spindle pulley won’t pull off 😡 the other two slipped right off. You got any ideas? Yes the set screw is loose, I sprayed a little wd40 on top just to see if it would loosen it. No success yet. It’s lowered all the way to the ground and I’ve yanked up and nothing. Thanks in advance.

Great video.. what was the torque specs on tighten them up. Thanks

There’s a great need for real mechanics in America 🇺🇸

High dallor junk and can’t build to grease it People need to put zert in them

Remove the inside covers and drill and tap. Install grease zert save money

Good video, you should do more. I use a needle nozzle to add a little grease to the bearings after a season and they last quite a bit longer.

It's sad they went out that soon. Wow

Good job getting bearings with seals on both sides , the old bearings had metal shields on the outside - bad design and not waterproof when washing the deck

I’ve got a 2017 ZT Elite. 260 hours. Just replaced bearing in mine last week!!

Put the bearings in upside down

Thanks for vid. I have a 2021 Maverick with 38 hours on it and just beginning to notice a slight grumbling in one of my deck bearings also. I like the mower but bearings should last much longer than this. Easy enough to replace its just with this day and age you'd think quality should be better than what were getting especially with low hours.

Bravo

Remove the metal tube that goes from the front of the engine to the air filter housing and clean it with compressed air. This tube allows a little airflow thru the engine via dipstick and should help with moisture removal.

I'm surprised those aren't greaseable. Great how-to video.👍

💥 Well that’s a shame you need to replace that already. Nice tutorial! 👍 *Keep on tractoring!*

A good day to have a tractor out.

More then likely condensation. If you do run this in the cold; make sure to let it reach full operating temperature. That will help some and evaporate some of the moisture. And avoid getting cold snow on the motor. I have a little Farmalll super c that I still use today to plow snow and I have to change my oil more often due to this. Cold snow hitting the motor when it's hot. Cold snow hits hot motor (what do people who wear eye glasses; there glasses do when they come into a warm house from cold outside) you get what I'm saying. That moisture has no where to go; so it collects in the oil. Back on the farm back in the 90's I had an old Farmall H that I used to spread the cow manure with. To get it out in the fields going though snow drifts; by spring time I would get at least a gallon of water before the oil came out on both engine crank case and in the rear differential. Just have to change it more often if your gonna play in the snow with it. Summer time should be fine.

Thanks for the shout-out! I don't think I would be too worried about it, as long as you get the engine hot enough.👍

Looks like you guys had fun!

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