BladeSpindleService
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Figure300
1.Spindlehousing7.Greasetting
2.Spindleplug
8.Bearing
3.Spindleshaft9.Spacerring
4.Oilseal10.Spacerset(2piece)
5.Shaftspacer
11.Bearing
6.Spindlenut
12.Largesnapring
Disassembly(Figure300)
1.Removebladespindlefromcuttingdeck(seeBladeSpindleAssembly(page
9–4)).
2.Loosenandremovespindlenutfromtopofspindleshaft.
3.Removethespindleshaftfromthespindlehousingwhichmayrequirethe
useofanarborpress.Thespindleshaftspacershouldremainonthespindle
shaftastheshaftisbeingremoved.
4.Carefullyremoveoilsealsfromspindlehousingnotingdirectionofseallips.
5.Allowthebearingcones,innerbearingspacerandspacerringtodropoutof
thespindlehousing.
6.Usinganarborpress,removebothofthebearingcupsandtheouterbearing
spacerfromthehousing.
7.Thelargesnapringcanremaininsidethespindlehousing.Removalofthis
snapringisverydifcult.
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