where to find part?

jimbo9999

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I have a craftsman 2 917.254320 16hp 5 speed, 44 inch deck, am looking for a parts # or a site that may have them i've tried sears, repair clinic, jacks small engines all are discontinued, this is a old machine and don't have the manual anymore. thanks
 

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Grab you Yellow pages & find a mower repair shop, not a glass front retail outlet, you know, one where they actually make a living by fixing mowers.
Take you spindle housing to them and ask what they can sell you that can be made to fit.
This is what I do every day of the week, find parts that can be used to replace obsolete parts.
Do not expect a drop right in replacement, but usually I can find a part close enough to be made to work.

The other alternative is to go to a small engineering shop.
The kind of place when one person wanders around 20 machines on the floor & a second answers the phone & does the accounts.
A spindle housing is nothing more than a flanged tube with 2 bearings and a shaft running through it.
They are a simple fabrication, but remember you are paying for the skills of the machinist so don't expect it to be cheap.
 

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ok thanks, I know of a couple places close by that fixes mowers at their houses, i'll have to give them a shot. yea i'm trying not to put a fortune into this dinosaur. thanks for the reply and hopefully pointing me in the right direction.
 

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The downside of CNC machining is now days no one knows a good machinist who can whip you up one from scrap over lunch for a thank you bottle of burbon.
 

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I found them on ebay, they look right parts and numbers match up, but I'll see when they get here. got 2 secondary and 1 primary spindle assembly for 79.99 free shipping, hopefully they fit!
 
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