Thaumaturge
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Without bad luck I'd have no luck at all.
I bought what I believed to be a well-maintained 2000 Landlord 20 DLX with around 680 hours on it. After a whopping 15 minutes mowing, the front left wheel spindle snapped and turned the tractor into a trike. I've never seen this happen before and was fairly dumbfounded.
I have a new spindle ordered with delivery expected later this week.
Am I correct in assuming this is a straightforward repair as described in the service manual?
Anyone else have this experience or have thoughts on the cause? The previous owner claims good routine greasing maintenance.
The picture of the break point below makes me think the part was never fully welded as there is half of the cross section rusted. Are these spindles really two pieces welded? I'd assumed they were one solid piece from wheel to splines.
I bought what I believed to be a well-maintained 2000 Landlord 20 DLX with around 680 hours on it. After a whopping 15 minutes mowing, the front left wheel spindle snapped and turned the tractor into a trike. I've never seen this happen before and was fairly dumbfounded.
I have a new spindle ordered with delivery expected later this week.
Am I correct in assuming this is a straightforward repair as described in the service manual?
Anyone else have this experience or have thoughts on the cause? The previous owner claims good routine greasing maintenance.
The picture of the break point below makes me think the part was never fully welded as there is half of the cross section rusted. Are these spindles really two pieces welded? I'd assumed they were one solid piece from wheel to splines.