Replacing Deck Spindles

[scifi4all 6]

Hi,

I have tried to search previous posts dealing with this and I hope I am not rehashing anything. In this previous posting Red Square"TT" posted

Those spindles without the grease fittings are pemanently lubricated ( ) from the factory. The bearing and shaft is one unit and is pressed in to the spindle housing.

How exactly do i install the 3 new spindles i just got? do i have to coat them with grease or neverseize? Also, two of the old spindles appear to be original and came out with a fair amount of soaking with "Kroil" oil and some attention from a hammer. How can I clean up the light rust from the inside of the spindle housings without removing to much material? I only ask due to my assumption that the spindle bearings are supposed to fit quite tightly in the housing.

Any help would be great. I have waited a little late in the season to start these repairs. Thanks.

[JimD 3,345]

i drove my old bearings out with a hammer, cleaned up the housing with scotch brite, or some sandpaper, blew them out with air. then i started the bearings in with a few light taps of the hammer, and finished driving them in using my vise. work really well for me, good luck! oh, i didn't use any type of lube to help them in, don't want them to slip in the housing....

jim

[scifi4all 6]

Thanks FAN.

I just got the old spindles out of the housings last night and had not tried to install the new ones yet. I will give the vise a try.

[jabadamutt 9]

I know this is an old post, but maybe someone can help... I have a deck on my B80 which looks exactly like the one pictured here. My question is how do you lube the spindles? The manuals I have read say that the zerk fittings are on the top of the spindle shafts. The top of my spindle shaft have a bolt that holds the pullys on. The bottoms have a bolt that holds the blades on... I can't figure where the zerks would be... Thanks!

[Don1977 604]

Those are Double D's they don't have grease fittings.

[jabadamutt 9]

Thanks for the reply Don. So what can I do as far as maintenance, spray spindles with WD40 do any good? Or just let them be? There is a little growling noise coming from the bearings. One other thing, what does Double D mean, is that short for something, does it refer to the spindles only?

[kpinnc 10,685]

I'm not familiar with these particular spindles- so forgive me if this isn't feasable.

Can you not drill and tap a hole for a grease zerk into the spindle bodies? Even if you had to remove the deck to grease them, it's far better than "permanent" (AKA temporary) lubrication...

[TT-(Moderator) 1,127]

Those spindles have the 103119 "water pump" bearing assembly and are permanently lubed / sealed.

Example: http://tewarehouse.com/230-078

"Double D" refers to the appearance of the ends of the spindle shaft.

Imagine two opposing D shapes being joined together:

[Don1977 604]

Here is one can't see the flat sides on the spindle in this picture.

[jabadamutt 9]

Thanks, you guys are educating me. I guess when they get too bad, my only option is to replace the "water pump" type bearings on my "Double D" spindles. Dang, I'm talking like y'all now!