When changing bearings pull inner seals out of bearings drill a 6:40 hole an tap for a grease fitting you get four plus times more usage being able to grease bearings yearly

May I ask how many hours did you have on it?

@@austinb4254 to quote Indiana Jones, it's not the year is baby, it's the miles. It currently has about 600 hours on it, and a lot of my yard is almost like bush Hogging. That is, it can be quite bumpy at times and on several occasions I've hit things like a chunk of rebar sticking out of the ground. And of course there's always the odd length of old barbed wire fence in the dirt. And I've had replaced two of those black bars that swing down from the frame to connect to the deck to keep it from moving forwards and backwards. It's because of things like sliding down a small piece of Hill and catching that on a sapling and the whole mower just stops in his tracks. That's why I now have three extra of the swing bars. Bottom line is, though this nor had a couple of problems that it shouldn't have had, one being a manufacturing defect in the other being a design defect, I don't complain because it is really held up to the kind of treatment I've given I just see this really important to keep the lube, and filters and everything like that maintained. Frankly, I think it's served me a lot better than my son's exmark has served him.

@@ReasonablySane Thank you for your explanation. I myself have a rough yard and a 2016 badboy outlaw xp. I don't need spindles yet . but may look into replaceing bearings. before needed.

Thanks for the useful information.

I've got 88 hours on mine, and have had 2 spindle failures. Bad Boy has a serious problem with spindle bearings.

@@n5uge12 Yeah, bearings are running dry. Needs grease zerks on the housing or spindle and greased regularly.

Raymond J well at least you know that if they were using the same spindles back then it’s a really cheap rebuild pending you ever need to.

Great info. Thanks!

Unless the mfgr forgot to install the spacer inside the housing between the bearings' inner races, there is no way to over tighten and damage the bearing. On mine there is a big thick walled bearing spacer. The spacer is necessary to prevent pulling the bearing covers into the housing. The spindle collar set screw should only be tightened after the top pulley bolt/lock washer and Belleville washer have been tightened.

You have bad bearings!!

pop those inner seals out drill a hole put a fitting pack the housing with grease slap it back together and youre good to go and do the same thing with the front wheel bearings they should last forever if you keep them greased.

You can but you'll need a whole lot of grease initially.

If he's using water to wash it he's doing them in faster. Water is a mowers enemy. I used compressed air and a rag. If I ever had to hose it off or pressure wash it, I would start it up right after and engage the blades for a minute or so to keep water from setting anywhere. Drive it around all erratic, kinda like a wet dog shaking off. And the older mowers had grease zerks for those of us that would use them. Make a bearing last.

We're you able to place the zerk ABOVE the deck or below ? I have a two day old Magnum and I'd like to do this

Dust seal won’t stop high pressure grease.

I wasn't planning on saving those old bearings so wasn't too worried about tapping them out of place. The new bearings held up well until I sold the mower. Hopefully still going strong for the next guy.

@@LaidBackLawnCare Why did you sell the mower? I was considering a bad boy but now I'm not sure

@@msclecarcrzy I sold that mower to switch over to standers.

@@joshsimon9977 Ok thanks for responding. Do you recommend the bad boy mower?

@@msclecarcrzy if I was out shopping for another mower I would look at bad boy just as seriously as any other brand. If the feature set and price are right I wouldn't hesitate to go with one of their mowers.

Paul F yes each spindle had the same bearings top and bottom.

Yes.

Bad idea for the upper bearing. Heat and gravity will guarantee the grease flows out and toasts the bearing.

@@almolloy5817 shouldn’t be a problem if you fill the tower with grease and use a high temp grease

Just add fitting and pump it full, that dust seal will not keep grease from flowing into bearings.

@@bryanmontgomery4050 Yes it will keep grease from the bearings. I've fixed too many of them without grease from that dust seal. You can fill the tower/spindle full and no grease will enter the bearing with the dust covers on. Best thing to do is pack the bearings leaving the dust seal on the bottom bearing on the bottom and the top bearing on top. You want grease to be able to enter the bearings.

I think I just looked up the bearing number and found some on eBay. I want to say the higher grade bearings were around $10 each.

@@LaidBackLawnCare I asked another question also: my two outside spindles are silver. Do they also have set screws that you need to remove. Also can you tell me how to clear the change oil code, clean filter and adjust valve codes. Thought they might clearmlike a car by disconnecting the battery but no luck. Thanks, Gary

@@garymagliocca2913 all the pullys should have the keys to keep them from spinning freely on the shaft. As far as the codes go my Maverick didn't display codes so I'm not sure how to clear them.

you can get them at napa the numbers will cross over. theyre 5 or 6 bucks.

Maybe if you're a machinist. For everyone else, this is the easiest way to do it.

@@mikezupancic2182 it doesn’t take a machinist to drill an tap a eighth hole

@michaelwillcutt2619 the common person working on the mower will have a set of sockets and a screwdriver to replace bearings that cost all of 5 bucks each. The average person isn't going to have a tap set or greasegun. It's far easier to just pop a seal off a new bearing, load a bit more grease by hand and seal it back up.

@@mikezupancic2182 harbor freight small grease gun kit with a tube of grease drill bit tap kit is cheap compared to time and parts cost Especially if you’re replacing all spindle bears

@@mikezupancic2182 cheap bearings vs Quality BCA brand buy cheap get cheap