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Old 12-19-2017, 11:30 PM
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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.
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Probably won't last long as dark and rusty looking as that grease looks. Grease likely tightened up the bearing too, which will last about 2 min once they are engaged with the engine. Keep an eye on them.
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I just bought a sandblast cabinet which I am using to clean up the rusty bits. I started with the spindle housings. Here is a set blasted primed and painted.

I also have a tank sandblaster that I will use to clean up the crusty deck. There are a few pin holes in the deck that needs attention from my mig welder. I need welding practice so this is the perfect opportunity. Pictured are the badly pitted deck and reinforcement plate. You can see I have my hands full but I hope to be mowing this spring.
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While I'm working on the mower deck, what is a good way to fix my worn mule drive lift holes? I thought a bushing of some sort would work but I can get them welded up and re-drilled. The hole on the left is about 50% taller than it used to be.
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Default bronze bushings for worn mule drive

Looks like these will do the trick.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#2938t13/=1by1wx9

Mcmaster has 1/2" high-load oil-embedded bushings in various sizes for 1 or 2 dollars. I plan to drill the egged out holes to 5/8" or 11/16" and pop in a bushing
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Looks like these will do the trick.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#2938t13/=1by1wx9

Mcmaster has 1/2" high-load oil-embedded bushings in various sizes for 1 or 2 dollars. I plan to drill the egged out holes to 5/8" or 11/16" and pop in a bushing
Those won't last long. It will beat them to pieces. Better off welding and redrilling them.
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Those won't last long. It will beat them to pieces. Better off welding and redrilling them.
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Let us know how you make out, those old spindle housings get worn out and create the slop.
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Looks like these will do the trick.

https://www.mcmaster.com/#2938t13/=1by1wx9

Mcmaster has 1/2" high-load oil-embedded bushings in various sizes for 1 or 2 dollars. I plan to drill the egged out holes to 5/8" or 11/16" and pop in a bushing
Those are bronze, they will disintegrate in a matter of minutes upon use.
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