Service Manual
ServicingtheBladeSpindle
DisassemblingtheBladeSpindle
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Figure222
1.Locknut7.Bearingspacer
2.Specialhardenedwasher8.Ribbedneckbolt(8each)
3.Pulley
9.Spindlehousing
4.O-ring10.Greasetting
5.Oilseal(2each)11.Shaftspacer
6.Bearingset
12.Spindleshaft
1.Removethelocknutfromthetopofthespindleshaft.
2.Removethespecialhardenedwasherandpulleyfromtheshaft.
3.Useanarborpresstoremovethespindleshaftfromthespindlehousing.
Note:Ensurethatthespindleshaftspacerremainsonthespindleshaft
whileremovingtheshaft.
4.Removetheoilsealsfromthespindlehousing.
5.Removethebearingcones,O-ring,innerbearingspacer,andspacerring
fromthespindlehousing.
6.Useanarborpresstoremovethe2bearingcupsandouterbearingspacer
fromthehousing.
Note:Thelargesnapringcanremaininsidethespindlehousing.Removing
thelargesnapringisverydifcult.
AssemblingtheBladeSpindle
Note:Areplacementspindlebearingsetcontains2bearings,aspacerring,
andalargesnapring(items1,2,and3inFigure223).Youcannotpurchase
thesepartsseparately.Also,donotmixthebearingsetcomponentsfromone
deckspindletotheanother.
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