Spindle Bearings

Tiger Small Engine

Tiger Small Engine

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Auto Doc's said:
I have learned that the more I think I know, the more I really have yet to learn.

For many years, when I overhaul a deck or replace a spindle, I open the new ones to pack the bearings manually to ensure they have enough extreme pressure (EP) grease. I have always had a great service history using Mystic JT 6 Red EP Grease
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Common sense tells me that grease is good for rapidly spinning parts, and no grease is bad. I think people tend to overthink situations sometimes. I have the original spindles on my 2006 Scag Turf Tiger. Do you think that is because I NEVER greased them?
 
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BrentW said:
I have a Tiger Cat 2 61 in that has gone through way to many spindle assembly's. It has 450 hrs and has already gone through the factory set and now a aftermarket set. I use good red grease and still burn through them. I mow all summer and mulch lots of leaves in the winter and am tired of replacing spindles. Any advice w
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BrentW said:
I have a Tiger Cat 2 61 in that has gone through way to many spindle assembly's. It has 450 hrs and has already gone through the factory set and now a aftermarket set. I use good red grease and still burn through them. I mow all summer and mulch lots of leaves in the winter and am tired of replacing spindles. Any advice would be appreciated.
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for what it's worth, my soil condition is sandy loam, and the deck bearings on my Gravely were burning out about every 3 months or 30 hours of use. After going through 3 sets of expensive OEM's I switched to Oregon brands spindles. These have lasted over 2 years or around a couple hundred hours .....
 
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Hi Tiger SE,

I think we both know "common sense" is not common anymore.

I grew up in a poor family where we had to keep everything (vehicles, tractors, mowers) repaired and maintained on a regular basis. We could not easily afford new vehicles or equipment at a moment's notice.

Often times, I still find myself "resurrecting" some old, donated equipment because it still has years of use left in it.
Some I sell and others I keep.

I have not bought a new piece of lawn equipment in 25 years.

For the record: I'm certain you grease spindles like they should be.
 
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Auto Doc's said:
Hi Tiger SE,

I think we both know "common sense" is not common anymore.

I grew up in a poor family where we had to keep everything (vehicles, tractors, mowers) repaired and maintained on a regular basis. We could not easily afford new vehicles or equipment at a moment's notice.

Often times, I still find myself "resurrecting" some old, donated equipment because it still has years of use left in it.
Some I sell and others I keep.

I have not bought a new piece of lawn equipment in 25 years.

For the record: I'm certain you grease spindles like they should be.
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I enjoy greasing equipment. It gives me a certain sense of satisfaction. When there are not grease zerks where they should be on equipment, I am disappointed.
 
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Tiger Small Engine said:
I enjoy greasing equipment. It gives me a certain sense of satisfaction. When there are not grease zerks where they should be on equipment, I am disappointed.
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ahhhhh, nothing better than the scent of good old Cosmoline in the morning....

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slomo said:
Would love someone to show some real testing that proves any Lucas product is better than say wallymart SuperTech grease. Most of it is hype and sales gimmicks. Not just Lucas products either.
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Come now! Don’t you know You Get What You Pay For? Life is so simple when one doesn’t question higher and ever higher prices. Just makes the product better! The higher the price the better it must be, right? People wouldn’t pay more if it wasn’t better!

Or maybe that is just it? One should not trust others to have made the correct purchase for one’s own needs. Maybe one only gets what one shops for? Look for the specific properties one desires, then buy that one.

I agree, Walmart sells very good products under the SuperTech brand.
 
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