Wheel Adjuster Bearing 587070202

1. Remove the outer wheel nut holding wheel on.
2. Remove E-clip on gear and axle pin, tap out axle pin gently.
3. Use 13mm wrench to remove the 2 screws holding wheel assembly on axle.
4. Remove bearing, mine was broken so snap ring was already floating on the axle.
5. Re-assemble wheel assembly with new bearing, attach to mower with 2 13mm screws
and put axle pin in and gear on, re-attach E-Clip.
6. That's it, it's not hard, takes about an hour, but could be done in 30 minutes if you move quickly.

Pulled wheel and adjusting bracket installed new bearing and wheel did both front wheels as cheap enough and if one goes bad the other can't be far behind. Parts came quick and were perfect fit. Snap ring pliers are a must!

Removed the front wheels, removed the bearing assemblies from both sides.
Replaced bearing assembly into carrier.
Reassembled.

1. Removed wheel
2. Removed height adjustment mechanism and disassembled
3. Had to hammer off frozen bearing.
4. Polished shaft, installed new bearing with grease
5. Reassembled height adjustment mechanism (with new dust cover) and reinstalled
6. Reinstalled wheel.

Remove wheel bolt and wheel
E-ring can be removed with flathead screwdriver
Remove drive gear-may need persuasion
Axle pin has a collar- must be removed one direction only
Remove plastic shield
Remove snap ring retaining wheel bearing (inside mower deck)
Remove wheel bearing
(The wheel bearing did not include the rubber o-ring from factory
reuse o-ring)
I removed the entire wheel adjustment assembly to install new bearing- remove 2 bolts inside the mower deck (be careful when removing these 11mm grass-seized bolts)
(Be careful not to damage tensioning spring for the axle gear box)
Spin the wheel height adjustment arm out of the way to reinstall the snap ring -(its a tight fit, I used channel lock pliers to compress things and expose snap ring's groove and then crammed the ring into place)

reassemble (ensure drive gears engage with plastic gear teeth on the wheels)

Cut off remainder of old bearing

I dismantled the drive system, drove the old bearings out of the housings, cleaned and greased everything, reassembled it all and it worked like a charm

Remove both wheels and adjustment brackets the
e-rings then remove both bearings keep the left side parts on left and right side on right side just incase something goes wrong and you have to put the old parts back . Then replace new parts in reverse order.

Remove the front drive wheel by using a 9/16 socket to remove the nut.
Remove the drive gear from the axle by removing the retention ring with a flat screwdriver.
Remove the pin located behind the drive gear.
Pull off the plastic backing plate (Wheel cover).
Remove the wheel height adjuster that holds the bearing and housing from the deck with a wrench.
Remove the old bearing and housing by removing the snap ring with a pair of snap ring pliers and punching out the bearing and housing.
Install the new bearing and housing into the height adjuster.
Install the height adjuster onto the axle and secure to the deck.
Install the wheel cover and washer
Put in the pin
Install the drive gear
Install the wheel.



Removed the flange bearing from the mower deck and drive axle.
installed new bearing and housing onto the axle.
Re-assembled the front wheel, washer, and wheel housing onto the axle.

removed wheel ,adjusting hight levers and backing plate.remove snap ring reverse order