Left Spindle assembly 596873901

Took the caps off of the wheels and the top of the spindle assemblies. i jack up the front of the riding mower and blocked it. Removed the e-clips from each wheel. Pulled them off. Check to see what the problem was. I could that the bearing on one of the wheels was bad. That the other spindle assembly was bent and the other had been worn ... Read more by the bad bearing. I removed both wheels. Pulled the e -clips off the top of the spindles assemblies and pull them out. Unhooked the tie rods from the spindle assemblies. I pulled them apart and slid them out. I separated them and removed the bad parts. I saw that the link drag was also worn and bent. I removed it from under the steering assembly. I went to the website ordered the correct parts. I found a parts list by entering the serial number from the lawn mower. The website showed me my lawn mower and a picture of all the parts. I found the parts I needed by going the the front end of the lawn mowers pictures. The parts were picture so I could tell what exact parts I needed. I ordered the parts and waited for the parts. It took 3 days for them to come very nice. I clean up the areas of the old grease and anything that needed cleaning before I reassembled the front end of the lawn mowers. I check all the parts to make sure they were correct. I reassembled the lawn mower the same way I took it apart. I reconnected the link drag first. Then I re greased the spindle assembles and slid the black in to their correct position and put the e-clips on. I then connected the link drag to the spindle assembly on the correct side. I connected the tie rod to both sides of the two spindle assemblies. I took the wheel into my shop and use a large vise to hold the wheel so that I could knock out the bad bearings. I used a punch and a hammer to knock them out. I slid the punch down into the wheel so I could find the inner side oft he bearing and tap it out. I removed all four bearing two in each wheel. I examine them and found the one that was bad. I clean out the shell removing the geese and anything else I could find. I cleaned out the area where the grease zerks were so that I could replace the bearings in the correct position. The bearings have a piece of the inner bearing where the grease zerk is supposed to go. You need to place the bearing in the correct position so that the grease zerk fits in that spot. That way the zerk won\'t get in the way when you put it back in and the grease zerk will work properly when you need to put grease in to the bearing in the wheel. Place the bearings back into the wheel so it is in the correct position. Take block of wood or some to pound the bearings back in. That way you won\'t damage the bearing. After assembling the wheels . I replaced them back on the spindles and slid the e-clips back on. I tightens ll the nuts and bolts. I regressed all the fittings. I lowered the mower and try the steering assembly out it worked great. I went and test mowed my lawn works great. John

A flat head screwdriver for the clips a pair of pliers for the cotter pin and a socket for the steering column.

Removed the control arm, and inspected it against the new one. After discovering that when the part failed, I had to get an inner wheel bushing and an extra washer. Ran down to local repair shop, picked up extra washer and inner bearing, put everything together, and it runs just like new. First part ever had to replace in 15 years. We ... Read more ed Eater mower just keeps running like it was new.

Jacked the mower up and removed the tires and then the right and the left spindle assembly. Went to ereplacement and used the exploded view to order the parts. When the parts arrived I drew a rough sketch of the spindles and showed where the parts were to be installed and numbered each package with the corresponding number and install the ... Read more parts. Numbering the packs and not opening them when necessary.