My old Craftsman was reliable for 12 years, then the center spindle bearing died a noisy death taking out 10 of the 13 parts in the spindle assembly. I plugged the part numbers in my owners manual into Google and found all of them on-line, most of those cheaper than Sears was selling them for. Most were made by Briggs, who I thought made only engines. What's more, I found to my surprise that many of the parts are shared by other mower brands and models. That's a good thing when you are trying to find parts.
