Thanks so very much!

Whoa! That's a lot of money! Good job tackling it yourself!

Thank you, John.

Thanks, Ken!

Some people just knock the bearings out remove the inner seals of both bearings. Re install with open sides towards the inside. That way the grease can enter and lube the bearings. It takes a ton of grease to fill the shaft housing. Yes it is stupid, does nothing to install grease fittings on a spindle with sealed bearings. Chinese what do you expect.?

Precisely! Illustrating just how effectively we repaired this cutting deck. Thank you!

Thank you. I updated the link in the listing description.

The pulley on the pivoting arm was particularly wobbly on this cutting deck. I don't remember precisely what I did, but I managed to stiffen it up a bit, and that helped out tremendously.

I can't exactly remember what I did to tighten up that pivoting idler arm...I think I might have added another washer to the set-up. The problem then is that if you tighten the nut too much, it will pinch too hard and the arm won't pivot. So maybe get a slightly longer bolt, and use two nuts. When the first nut is tightened enough...but not too tight...add the second nut and tighten the two nuts together. That will hold it all in place, tight enough to get rid of some of the slop, but not so tight that it immobilizes the idler arm. I hope that makes sense. Good luck.

i have the same problem with loose idler arm and pulley, pulley is good but arm horrible wobble causing vibration

AllWAYS look at spring tension and figure out how to add more

Absolutely. Sounds like you need to get some new bearings in those spindles. Also check the pulleys. Everything needs to be spin smoothly and silently without resistance. You might be able to purchase the complete spindle assemblies. That's easier than changing out bearings. Good luck.

Hi Gary, I assume that when you were working on the deck you checked both spindles and all deck pulleys to make sure they all spin smoothly and silently. There should be little to no resistance and also little to no noise. Is it possible that one or more of the pulleys or spindles is creating too much drag on the system? Here's something else to think about since you said the mower seems to be lacking pep. Does your tractor have a twin cylinder engine, perhaps the Briggs & Stratton V-Twin? If so, I would make sure it is running on BOTH cylinders. It is possible to run on just one cylinder, but of course, that will only give you 50% of the power you need. That could really make it hard bog down during mowing. Those are my only thoughts, and about all I can suggest without actually seeing the tractor. Good luck.

Could be a leaking head gasket and power loss Might do a compression leak down test on it to be sure Also could be a hub pulley freeze up

Not problem gone; but problem prevented to a large degree. Thanks.

Interesting. Do you play the lottery much? If so, you're not too good at math either....

@@Buckwsr this guy spends $200 on a $300 mower like a t@rd and is trying to justify it....dude bearings are like $2 bucks for each...you didn't need to buy the whole spindles...the idler pullies are like $8-$10 bucks....blades are like $20....belt is $10...what you did was a huge waste of money and time...LOLZ good luck on your channel but you'll go broke trying to make videos like this

Thanks, David.