This item is sourced from the original manufacturer and is intended to be used with riding lawnmowers from Murray, Snapper, and Simplicity. The metal washer is used to provide spacing between the top of the blade and the spindle assembly. This item will require a hex wrench or ratchet to install and is priced as a single item.
Removed deck, removed pulley on top of shaft for blade, removed blade, spindle washer and bearing. Replaced parts and reassembled. Same for other blade, filled both with grease and mounted deck back to mower. When I started mowing, found that top lock nut holding down pulley was louse, tightened and returned to mowing.
drop deck, ordered parts, wait for parts, remove spindle pulley w/impact wrench, remove snap ring hammer like heck to get spindle & bearings out of housing. repeat in reverse to assemble
Removed the spindle and replaced the bottom bearing.
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Blade spindle/washer on left blade was broken from hitting a rock. Discharge defector assembly was missing because a custom grass/leaf catcher had been installed
1. Used car floor jack to raise front of mower, putting wheel chocks behind rear wheels.
2. Removed pulley cover on left side with wrench and removed belt around pulley. Used two adjustable wrenches (one on the pulley and the other on nut holding the blade to loosen and removed broken blade spindle and replaced.
3. Replaced be
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4. After removing custom grass/leaf catcher, I attached the deflector hinge bracket using the carriage bolts.
5. Set the deflector assembly in place and inserted the pivot rod, through the deflector assembly, the bracket into the spring.
6. Attached two 3/8\" axle nuts on either end of the pivot rod using an adjustable bar clamp to secure them.
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Nylok TM nut on one blade shaft loosened enough so pulley and shaft wore each other out.
1. Removed mower Deck from tractor.
2. Removed lawnmower blades.
3. Removed pulley nut, pulley, and spacer and 5 bolts holding shaft bearing sleeve assembly
to deck.
4. Removed top snap-ring and pressed shaft and bearings out of sleeve.
5. Replaced shaft, pulley, bearings, spacers, Belleville washers, nu
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assembly and reinstalled on the deck.
6. Replaced blade, blade spacer, Belleville washers and nut on the other shaft.
7. Torqued the blade nuts to specified torque.
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spindle shaft striped outr
david from middletown, Ohio
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Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
1- 2 hours
Tools:
Pliers, Socket set, Wrench (Adjustable), Wrench set
Took off mower deck.Removed belt.Removed blade.Removed Top pulley.Removed upper snap ring.Knocked spindle & bearing out.Then replaced with new bearings and washer.
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Riding Mower - Blades would not turn- washer spindle was jammed
Alfred from San Antonio, Texas
1 personfound this instruction helpful.
Difficulty Level:
A Bit Difficult
Total Repair Time:
More than 2 hours
Tools:
Pliers, Screw drivers, Socket set, Wrench (Adjustable), Wrench set
Had to go through the steps to remove mower deck in order to get to the blade assemblies. I had not lubricated the spindles since I started using the mower so the spindle washer had disintegrated which caused the blades to jam. While I had the mower deck removed, I went ahead and replaced the blades, spindle blade washers and the retai
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