Hi all,
Like the title says, I'm learning the hard way and hope I'm going about it the right way. I have a '93 720K, with a 52" front deck. Last weekend the front Pillowblock bearing went out. So yesterday I picked up a new one as well as 3 new blades. Replacing the bearing appeared to be a fairly easy task, WRONG
It wasn't that hard getting the old one off, since it was completely trashed. Putting the new one on though, well yep. So far I've got to removing the belts off the Sheave. The rear Pillow block bearing seems to be ok.
So I'm thinking that to replace the front one I have to pull the entire shaft, correct? I'm a "shade-tree" mechanic at best. To pull the entire shaft, would I just need to remove the rear Pillow-block (2 bolts securing it) then drop the whole thing with the shaft still in the Sheave?
I purchased the mower used in '92, it had 758 hrs, well taken care of. I've only put on about 300 hrs. It's a workhorse. I did need to have the engine rebuilt about 5 yrs ago. While I was at the Grasshopper dealer I looked at a new 623T, it has the Power Fold deck. He also has a used one that is 2 yrs old with 80 hrs on it, looks brand new, and is asking about $2k less. My wife uses the mower more than I, since I'm gone M-F. We're both getting a little long in the tooth to be wrestling much more with the heavy deck on our 720K.
Not sure what the average price of a used 623T is, he's asking about $7800, does that seem in the ballpark? My 720K cost me $4,500, add in the cost of the rebuilt engine, and I've got about $5.5k wrapped up in, not counting replacing the tires with turf tires. So I'm thinking that's not too bad for using it for 14yrs.
Like the title says, I'm learning the hard way and hope I'm going about it the right way. I have a '93 720K, with a 52" front deck. Last weekend the front Pillowblock bearing went out. So yesterday I picked up a new one as well as 3 new blades. Replacing the bearing appeared to be a fairly easy task, WRONG
It wasn't that hard getting the old one off, since it was completely trashed. Putting the new one on though, well yep. So far I've got to removing the belts off the Sheave. The rear Pillow block bearing seems to be ok. So I'm thinking that to replace the front one I have to pull the entire shaft, correct? I'm a "shade-tree" mechanic at best. To pull the entire shaft, would I just need to remove the rear Pillow-block (2 bolts securing it) then drop the whole thing with the shaft still in the Sheave?
I purchased the mower used in '92, it had 758 hrs, well taken care of. I've only put on about 300 hrs. It's a workhorse. I did need to have the engine rebuilt about 5 yrs ago. While I was at the Grasshopper dealer I looked at a new 623T, it has the Power Fold deck. He also has a used one that is 2 yrs old with 80 hrs on it, looks brand new, and is asking about $2k less. My wife uses the mower more than I, since I'm gone M-F. We're both getting a little long in the tooth to be wrestling much more with the heavy deck on our 720K.
Not sure what the average price of a used 623T is, he's asking about $7800, does that seem in the ballpark? My 720K cost me $4,500, add in the cost of the rebuilt engine, and I've got about $5.5k wrapped up in, not counting replacing the tires with turf tires. So I'm thinking that's not too bad for using it for 14yrs.
