Thank you very much!! I really appreciate your compliments. I’m just an old country boy. I try to keep things simple. Be on the look out for my other videos as well.

Great job indeed 👍🏾

I'm after thee ZT1 42 as well and will be going to a dealer too. There's a highly rated dealer that's been there for many years I will be buying from. The one I want has a Kawasaki engine. That Kohler is just too loud. I will likely buy this week. In reference to this video, I've seen these cheap bearings for 20 years. I'm a former Diesel Mechanic and a machine Mechanic for Nestle Foods on the high-speed candy lines for 27 years. Happily, retired now with my tools just sitting. Your wife has my prayers sir and you too. Take care.

Great ideas! I agree with you about cleaning the old grease out. I was going to do that, but I figure I’ll be working on this thing again before the summer is over. Thanks for watching. Check out my other videos. I’ve got more videos coming soon on my LT 70 woodmizer sawmill. I had to do a lot of work to it.

Hillbilly engineering my friend. Everyone makes fun of us until something needs to be fixed. Thanks for watching! More videos soon!

@@WillowRidgeLumber Awesome 😎

Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Be sure to check out my other videos. I’ve got more on the way. Kubota is great equipment. My tractor is a 2007 L4740. It has almost 3k hours and I have never had any trouble at all from it.

@@WillowRidgeLumber again thank you,,, I got new Kubota Z242KW. I picked it up this Tuesday

Yep. The best mowers are the ones built years ago. I primarily run older machinery of all kinds because they are made better, easier to work on, and don’t have all the new electronic problems. Thank you for watching. Be sure to check out my other videos.

I agree. If I was a wealthy man, I would start an appliances company and build them as close to how they were made 50 years ago. Even if they were double the cost, I think they would sell because they would last 4 times as long. And, I would sell direct. Not through the big box stores. Service would be done by people employed by the company, not by a third party. Businesses that used to be good, honorable businesses have watered themselves down to the point that they sell crap.

I’m agree. I don’t like them either. Cheap junk. If a quality bearing is constantly rotating in clean grease or clean oil, and if it doesn’t experience excessive conditions like lateral strain, it will last for years. Thanks for watching. Be sure to check out my other videos. I have some coming out soon where I work on my LT 70 sawmill. I tell people all the time that I’m a part time sawmiller, full time mechanic.

I have some. Where I’ve cut, burned, and smashed my fingers over the years, I don’t have much feeling in my finger tips. I have a hard time feeling things with no gloves on. I think that’s why I drop things so much. Usually, when I working with chemicals, I wear them. I’m bad to fly into a job and not even think about it. Thanks for the tip. I’m glad you liked the video. Be sure to check out my other ones as well.

That would have been a IH built one Those were the good ones.

That don’t surprise me.

Thank you. I try to input a little humor here and there. It makes things fun. Sometimes I get pretty mad at things too when they don’t cooperate. I edit those times out. Check out my other videos. I have more coming soon.

I hope the video helped you out.

Depending on who the person operating the mower is, sealed bearings may be ok. When I bought my Gravely, I didn't like the fact that it had sealed bearings. The dealer told me something that I never forgot. He said that sealed bearings are better than greaseable ones if no one ever greases it. He is right. Like I said in the video, my mower will soon be 20 years old. It takes me 2 hours to mow. The hour meter quit at 700 hours, so I don't know how many hours is on it. Id say over 1000. The spindles on it are non-greaseable / non-serviceable. So, when they go bad, the whole spindle has to be replaced. I've replaced the left and right 1 time each in nearly 20 years. I know there are differences in good bearings like a Timken over a China made bearing. However, in my opinion the secret is the grease and the condition that its in. Thank you for watching! Be sure to check out my video where I am measuring bearings with a dial caliper.

Enjoyed your video.

@@jndfarm1047 Thank you for watching

I thought about that. The man reason I didn’t is because of time. I just didn’t have the time to get into it that deep. The next time these need grease, I’ll probably do that. Great suggestion.

My pleasure. Thank you for watching. Be on the lookout for more videos to come.

Go to Amazon.com and put in the search box the following: B07BDCHHGT That should pull up the bearings that I purchased. Make sure that you get a high quality, high temp wheel bearing grease. Marine wheel bearing grease is even better. Pack the bearings like I did in the video as tight with grease as you can get them. I know its aggravating, but the bearings need to be removed around every 100 hours and re-packed. Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you for watching the channel.

@@WillowRidgeLumber Thank you so much!

The best I can remember, it was around 4k. There’s a good chance I’m wrong. It belongs to my mom. She purchased it.

Nothing is made like it used to be; that’s for sure. Thanks for watching.

Chinese crap

I would say that under normal mowing conditions, I would repack these kinds of bearings about every 100 hours of usage. I repack those little bearings that go on the roller guides for my sawmill about every 100-150 hours. I just did those. They were getting fairly dry at 150 hours. Thank you for watching. Be sure to check out my other videos!

The steering wheel is connected to the linkage that controls each individual drive motor. It is intended for people who want the maneuverability of zero turn, with the simplicity of using a steering wheel instead of two levers.

Steering wheel turns the front wheels, they do not spin freely like a normal zero turn. This allows you to mow on much steeper hills without losing traction. If you mow hills, this is the best type of mower you can buy.

It’s a cub cadet exclusive design. Tye wheels don’t free float like a traditional zero turn. The steering wheel controls the front wheels while simultaneously controlling the rear independent transmissions. It improves keeping the machine straight on slopes.

That would have been mom.

I just assume to fix it myself unless it’s something really expensive like a blowed up motor. This way, I get it sooner and it’s done right.

I agree 100%. Thanks for watching.

LOL. I tend to agree with you.

Yes. Everything is from China now.

Well, that’s the way it has been. I’ve seen very expensive ones go to sealed bearings.