[Vrobert]

I have been working on my ratty 44c deck recently. I grabbed the blades and gave them a shake which made the pulleys wobble so I thought the bearings were worn. I bought three new replacement spindles and disassembled the spindle housings to replace the spindles. Upon inspection I found the spindle bearings weren't actually loose rather the spindle was loose in the housing (I think). The spindles were a little stiff and one was frozen. I pumped them full of grease, each one took about 30 pumps with a small hand held gun. All of them started to spin smoothly. I pumped slowly so as not to damage the seals. You can see grease escaping the lower seal on the right side looks rusty compared to the upper seal. I guess some water had entered where the grease should have been. If I use these old spindles I'll try to get more of that rusty grease out of them.