Recent content by aggiejet

I have successfully rebuilt two spindle hubs and posted videos of the process on YouTube. 1) Removing spindle belt drive pulley and hub. 2) Tear down of spindle hub 3) Installation of races, bearings, and seals If you have any questions or critiques, I’ll try to answer them. Thanks for...

Bert, Thanks for the input. You’re right, I really don’t know zip about engineering. But Ive spent a lifetime repairing stuff, albeit I’m not a real machinist, but primarily a parts replacer. However, I replaced a plenum gasket in Dodge Ram 1500 5.9, and in the process had to replace two...

Well if you have to run a bead on these races to extract it there is NO WAY a mower shop is doing that to rebuild one. And in my opinion, thats a bad design/engineering to make a spindle that bearing replacement takes that level of skill and special tools.

update : I was able to disassemble the hub today. I soaked the spindle nut in Kroil for a couple of days and then today heated the nut and spindle with a hand held Mapp gas torch. Used a pipe wrench on opposite end of nut and used a standard 1 1/2” socket on 1/2” impact and nut came right off...

Not only grade 8, but fresh new grade 8. I twisted both of mine off removing the right spindle last week. But mine are the originals and about 20 years/1200 hours old. I’m sure they’re a little fatigued. I’m working on making a YouTube of it in an effort to save somebody a little frustration.

I’m not sure what you mean by “pulley bolt”? The belt pulley is held in place by a tapered collar, which uses two 1/4”x1” bolts to attach it to the pulley.

Thanks for the replies. Good idea about V block. I also didn’t give the race replacement much thought. That would be a challenge as well. Just seems a waste not to “just“ replace the bearings, but it appears to be a much larger task than I envisioned. I have gotten about 1200 hours out of my...

My local Scag dealer will no longer rebuild (replace bearing and seals) in my Tiger Cub spindle so I thought I might attempt it myself as opposed to buying a new $250 spindle. However, my first attempt at removing the spindle nut proved futile. I am using a 1/2” impact gun on the nut, but I...

I replaced the blade brake on the Recycler II. I am having trouble getting the brake/flywheel assembly put back on the mower with shearing off the nubs that are on the pulley that attaches to the spindle and between the mower deck and the flywheel. If I tighten the nut real tight, I can't pull...

Greetings, I have a 1994 21" Recycler II Super Pro, model 20438 with a GTS 150 engine. Numbers stamped into valve cover are as follows: 97772 0110 02 92121604 For starters, who made this engine? I guess toro made the engine, but I didn't think Toro actually made engines. The engine starts...