Being an owner of a 12 year old raptor you have motivated me to do some touch up painting and minor repairs. This mower has never let me down. You got a nice machine their.
I am always amazed at how the engines on these old mowers are still in great shape while the rest of the mower is shot. I wish there was a way to reuse those old vertical shaft engines on something else.
24:49 Those are sealed bearings... At the very least remove the inner seal if you want to grease them. Or remove the grease zerk if you don't intend to grease them... because you left the inner seal on. Quality bearings are worth the money. Cross reference to Timken or SKF... Do not buy from Hustler. If Timken or SKF want $15 a bearing you pay it.
I don't know about SKF, but if you buy Timken, pop off the grease seals and PACK THOSE NEW BEARINGS!! They come from the factory with minimal grease. I was surprised and disappointed. I packed mine with Red & Sticky and snapped the seals back into place and they're doing very well.
hi there is 1 fundamental flaw ! both are sealed bearings...take the inside seal part off the bearing , so it gets greased. if not its going to do the same thing
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Just a suggestion, but when trying to straighten out steel like you were doing with the rear hitch instead of using vice grips use an adjustable wrench. The adjustable wrench will give you more leverage and gives a more uniform bend.
There is a very good chance the reason for the failed wheel bearings is greasing them. The bearings you installed are sealed and there is already grease inside. When you add grease to the wheel, you can cause hydraulic pressure on the inner seal and will cause it to rub the cage. I bet this is why they have such a high failure rate. Skip the grease on this one
Those optional flex forks on the Hustler will save your spine. The atrocious ride of the Scag will break its back and yours. No comparison on ride quality regardless of seat type.
You might consider adding some zinc to that 20-50. Motor oils do not contain the needed levels that these hydro pumps and wheel motors need. Especially with the store brand oils. Some major brands contain more ZDDP zinc but you have to shop for the ones like Royal Purple HPS.
Thank you for the information. The tag on the mower said to use 20w50 oil and I didn’t really think anything of it just bought what it said to use, next time I’ll use proper stuff.
What ever... Hundreds of thousands of hours with no issues. That includes the thousands of units that are never serviced. API SP rating... That is well and above the manufactures API specification of SL.
That mower isn't cheap. I bought one 5 years ago and lost 1 belt due to high grass and me having the deck too low. This mower is better than most riding mowers.
You wasted your time with the bearing:you should have taken the seal on the inside when you installed the bearing,how is the grease going to get on the ball bearing with the grease fitting.Think for a while 😊😮😮😮😮😮😮
Good point, I saw that the bearings are sealed but thought it’s a good thing because dust and dirt will stay out of it but makes sense that the grease won’t be able to get to it.
@@Ace.Fisher Partially correct. You are supposed to leave the outer seal in place to mitigate debris intrusion. But the inner seal should have been removed. You just packed the axle tube with grease for no reason as it can not access the bearings. See what we are saying? No harm, just wasted some grease.
I'm curious where you get these mowers from. Around me people sell blown up/burnt down/rusted through mowers for thousands. Anything worth restoring never even hits the market because someone already snatched it
