deck not cutting right

[IHCUB]

im starting to dislike this lawn tractor. i fixed the nois from the main shaft area it was the belt guide rubbing a pully wich my dealer did not find ? and now i find out my spindles dont have grease fittings on them but some 1042 models do and it tells me in my manual that i do ? and i have a bearing loose on one of the spindles im sure its becuse of no grease. and i wanted a set of gator blades becuse i dont care for the cut the original blades do and found out they dont make a blade for this model.

 

[Rhoderman]

Did you look on the inside of your front wheels for grease zerks?

 

[jjcc246]

I just put a set of Gators on my Cub. Man what a differance. No lines, no strips of cut grass, no gouging and no burning. Well worth the investment I think. I was ready to put the mower at the curb. I'm in lawnmower heaven now.

 

[IHCUB]

Did you look on the inside of your front wheels for grease zerks?

yes they are there but not on the deck spindles.

 

[GreenQuality]

Gators are ok! IF i where you being no grease fitting on your spindles. you see high lift blades and gators are bad for your spindles they work a lot harder! I would go with a low sail or low lift blade less stress on your spindles! Part no# 754-3018 they cut the best out of all the blades!

 

[Rhoderman]

yes they are there but not on the deck spindles.

Doh! Wrong spindles! Sorry... Thinking automotively, I was.

Sealed bearings on the deck spindles? I'm like you, I'd rather service them so I knew they had grease in them. I'm surprised they didn't make them so they could be greased. Maintenance free is usually bad...

Jim

 

[magicalj]

I thought I read something a long time ago about the stock spindles not having zerks but when you bought the replacments, they had zerks. I could be the "green and yeller fellers" that do that though.

AJ

 

[JSharp]

I'm like everyone else here. I don't like the sealed bearing spindles.

But, before I bought my Cub I had an L-12 White, also made by MTD with the sealed spindles. I used it 10 years, 400+ hours before one spindle needed to be replaced. The other was still fine when I junked the mower.

So maybe they aren't as bad as we're making them out to be...

 

[rbig]

That's normal with most decks out there, of all brands.

 

[mrutkaus]

Ex girlfriend's circa 2004 CC shaft tractor, bumped into some stumps, some bending of the mower deck which I didn't notice (since my Model 782 had bumped into much worse over the years with no problema) , couldn't see it, nobody including dealer could figure it out, produced uneven cutting (picture is on an old computer).

Very hard to diagnose, multiple dealer trips. End result, new mower deck sheet metal cured it.

Mike