Great hack using the belt to hold that spindle in place, thanks! If you don't have a pulley puller, in the past I've used a rubber mallet to tap around and break it loose, much like removing a stuck rotor on a car. Thanks for the video!

Thank you for the pulley trick! Saved my knuckles and a ton of time!

Great video to change out the spindles (on my X590). I don't have an impact wrench so will try to block the blade first to remove the upper nut on the spindle. Thanks for making the video.

Genius, loved the belt trick. Thanks man

Spinning nice and smooth now...

That belt trick with the pulley was super helpful thanks !

I have a John Deere l130 and your idler pulleys look smaller than the ones that I have on mine now I'm in the process of rebuilding mine too love watching your videos special on the John Deere you make it a lot easier to work on them keep up the great work

@chrisspanyer1525

Жыл бұрын

I’m rebuilding my l130 deck now. Did you use after market spindles and pullys? How did they hold up. Thanks

Nice work man! a little grimey in there, but nothing you can't handle!

Thanks Hank, just what I needed to learn 👍

Any idea how to fix mower deck height adj knob. It’s frozen rock solid. Also diff foot pedal on left side floor board is frozen. Purchased X595 used. Primary use here in NE was to plow with it. I TOOK rusted Curtis cab off and now in the process of de-rusting it. Seat adj was frozen solid as well got that free yesterday with copious sums of penetrating oil, sitting on tractor moving forward and back until it broke loose using my legs and core. Great workout. I’m so sore today! :-). The Rest of the tractor looks great. Frame engine etc. Yanmar purrs like a kitten. This thing needs some TLC, but I think it’s worth the effort. Any advice is grateful.

Just a note that if you buy the cheap aftermarket spindles you'll need to disassemble them to verify that the bearings are not sealed on the internal side. If they are then any grease pumped into the zerk will never reach the bearings.

A little trick to keep your spindles going for years, and this is a major problem with John Deere lawn tractors! You need to open up the spindle assembly, remove the bearing, pop the cover off of the bearing and pack it full of grease. Then reassemble. Some leave the cover off the bearing on the side facing downwards afterwards. When you're greasing your spindles on a John Deere, the grease doesn't penetrate into or even close to the bearing inside the spindle and they come pretty bone dry. This will save you a ton of money down the line. Even if you're adding new spindles I would do the same process before installation.

@hanksgarage_

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I’m going to be servicing this deck here pretty soon as our season is now over. I’ll be addressing that in a new video.

Great job on the tractor.

@hanksgarage_

6 жыл бұрын

Thx hopefully the last of what I have to do to it!

Well done Video! A pleasure to watch.

@hanksgarage_

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

What size socket to remove bolt for spindle?

Just got done with a deck rebuild kit for my LA105, everything works fine except for the new blades in the kit. When I started the mower up and engaged the blades to cut they we're hitting each other. They are basically identical to the old blades but will not work, had to put my old blades back on the mower. Anyone else have trouble with blades hitting each other?

Thanks. Appreciate you

I see you Hank putting grease on the mower blade bolts. I just watched a couple days ago on "project Farm", a guy running a test with salt water and heat to see if never seize works. He also used grease. The never seize actually worked. Over at Western Truck & tractor he put never seize on cattle trucks that came in every year. He said after a year no trace of the never seize was ever left. I also watched a guy take out plugs from a 5.3L Ford truck and never seize did nothing to keep the plugs from breaking

What size are the bolts?

I did the same for yrs. I learned you can rebuild the existing spindles. the bearing is common #6032 put pulley nut full on and pound top down, center shaft will fall out the bottom, remove top nut you will see the two bearings per spindle, pound the out and replace with new #6032 bearings and reassemble. 30.00 will buy you the 6 bearings. pro tip: remove the rubber seal on new bearings and remove factory grease, which by the way looks like vasoline, now put red syn lithium bearing grease in there and snap rubber seal back onto bearing. the bearings will last much much longer than minimum factory. the new spindles have grease zerts but they really do not do much good because the bearings are sealed. usually only the bottom bearing has the top sealed removed to allow grease to get in there. i find it much easier and better to just repack the bearings.

@hanksgarage_

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for the info

John Deere dealership told me the four bolts in the spindle housing are self-tapping. You want to purchase new ones, because if they don't break during tear down, they will break off in your new spindle housing.

Thank you sir

I noticed that you used the belt to hold the pulley in place while removing the spindle nut... don't have an impact wrench, but going to try your technique with a old school wrench or socket wrench... Thanks!!!

@hanksgarage_

5 жыл бұрын

This impact was under 40 bucks at harbor freight. Well worth it and great bang for the buck

@orbit1138

3 жыл бұрын

Battery operated 1/2 inch impact is a great help in working on mower decks. A deep socket impact metric socket set was a little more then $20 bucks at Harbor Freight has been useful. My cordless 1/2 inch is a DeWalt bought at Lowes. Got the bare tool since I already had the 20 volt batteries. Have a Bolens that the Drive Belt Pully can't be removed and put back on without an impact tool. Not way to hold its shaft. An impact tool makes it much safer to work on mowers.

Are mower deck spindles pretty much universal?

Great job and very informative - thanks! How many hours were on the machine when you noticed the spindles needed replacement?

@hanksgarage_

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe 600 or so

@ernestangel2809

3 жыл бұрын

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@graysensantiago1247

3 жыл бұрын

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@kabirthaddeus3688

3 жыл бұрын

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Very helpful!

Great video

@hanksgarage_

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

I have a John Deere 160 riding mower and it needs new bearings, is mine the same as what you're showing here A whole housing? I asked them what I needed and they sent me little round bearings.

@hanksgarage_

4 жыл бұрын

It may be, those machines I believe are the next model up from these, e160 or something like that, better made than these l series machines. On mine you cant press them out have to change the whole thing

@icemancometh8679

4 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ do you know what the little dial button is under the seat?

Smart to use belt for leverage.

Hank, you didn’t show how you installed the self tapping bolts.

@orbit1138

3 жыл бұрын

Simply try to hold them so they are straight in and use a socket (by hand) and slowly screw them in - works fine.

My issue is not having the impact tool, especially since the spindle on blade-2 was ripped out of the encasement of the outer shroud. So, the blade is off and I was able to pull the entire spindle shaft thru the top of the lower body. I am going to add a new piece of metal stock to resecure the spindle to the casing if that makes any sense. My issue is getting this 7/8" nut off the top of the spindle. It appears to be frozen on, didn't know if heating with a torch would help? Already soaked it in WD, but this thing is a bear to get off. Most videos I have seen, they have been using impact drills, of which I have none. So, a 7/8" box wrench and only a pipe wrench to hold the lower section where the blade attaches. Any other ideas to get that sucker off? Thanks much!

@KiddThrifty

5 жыл бұрын

Having the same issue. Any luck?

@PaulWinfieldCollector

5 жыл бұрын

@@KiddThrifty I had to use a Dremel grinding tool and cut mine off just cut down to the threads, had to but a new nut, the old one was frozen, threads were ok but unless we have that impact tool kind if stuck.

@countryboy39051

Жыл бұрын

Usually the issue is leverage. Get a big piece of hollow pipe (like a metal fence post) and attach it to your socket wrench and give a good hard pull the break it loose, maybe that will work, good luck!

What other tool can you use to hold the wheel

@orbit1138

3 жыл бұрын

If you have the mower blade installed - use a wood plank to hold the blade.

Hello, good video but can you next time tell us what model John Deere that you are working on.

@hanksgarage_

Ай бұрын

It’s in the video title

5:44 nice 👌

I broke my blade off not the bolt the spi dle snapped can i replace it?

@hanksgarage_

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can replace the spindle

@tommyriordan870

4 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ its a push mower tho and its snapped near the engine

@hanksgarage_

4 жыл бұрын

So the crankshaft itself broke?

@hanksgarage_

4 жыл бұрын

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@tommyriordan870

4 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ so the crankshaft is the bar that connects the blade to the engine?

Good

We replaced the deck a year or two ago and found out that no... John Deere doesn't pre-grease them from the factory. Thanks, John Deere... you cheap bastages. >=( Came here to see how to replace the spindles. Thanks for the video. =)

Put never seas on new bolt threads

Hank were did you buy your spindles from! my John Deere tractor! need new spindles! I called John Deere! buy the want a lot for there's!

@hanksgarage_

6 жыл бұрын

Got them off eBay I just put in l130 spindle kit and found the set I bought

@orbit1138

3 жыл бұрын

Go to e-bay or have someone who can buy on line do it for you. Some spindles are selling there for about $21. Went to a John Deere sight that sent me to the local dealers site to buy my parts. Prices high and shipping high. If you go to a John Deere site to buy parts try to find one not tied to the local dealer. YOUR Best Bet is e-bay for parts for John Deer. I bought a D100 mower deck with all parts preinstalled for a little over $700 that included shipping costs. Great deal - instead of welding a cracked mower spindle mount. Order and got the deck in about a week.

To save money I just replace the bearings, not hard to do

Lol so I guess this was an early Christmas present

@hanksgarage_

6 жыл бұрын

Tristan Heckler nah it was a kit I bought off eBay

@mowerkingedmowingandvacuum7995

6 жыл бұрын

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those hubs suck i got over it and went and bought a exmark zero turn

@hanksgarage_

6 жыл бұрын

Those are nice but I could never justify the purchase unless I was commercial or the grass here wasnt only on a 2 month season. Until then its used homeowner grade riders. Thanks for watchin

@fixitwithnick2205

6 жыл бұрын

ah ok see i was trying to cut 6 acres every 2 weeks and no problem love the videos

@hanksgarage_

6 жыл бұрын

Yea those are perfect for 6 acres for sure

@orbit1138

3 жыл бұрын

@@hanksgarage_ Standard Lawn Tractors are safer on hilly terrain. Zero Turn where the rider sits in front of the motor turn over easily on hilly areas. At one point they quit selling them here because of so many lawsuits due to turnovers.

Is that the new 2018 Ranger model? 😂

@hanksgarage_

2 жыл бұрын

Idk what you’re talking about

Lol lube the shaft

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@hanksgarage_

6 жыл бұрын

mowerking ED mowing and vacuum cleaners yes I subscribed to you. Make sure to watch videos on how to replace the clutch on those. It can be pretty fun

@mowerkingedmowingandvacuum7995

6 жыл бұрын

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@mowerkingedmowingandvacuum7995

6 жыл бұрын

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