BEST WAY to Grease SEALED BEARINGS on Lawn Mower Blade SPINDLES (make them last 3x as long)

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All I do is take off one seal of the bearing, pack the bearing full of grease, put the seal back on, coat the spindle shaft with grease and put it all back together. Filling that whole spindle housing with grease is doing nothing but wasting (now expensive) grease. It's worked for me for 20+ years and I've never had a bearing failure. A special note: Any new sealed bearing you get, take off one seal, pack it and put the seal back on. The bearing will last 4-5 times longer. They put very little grease in them from the factory. On autos or bikes, the wheel bearings are the same way. Very little grease.

Some great advice here! I've always poped the inner seals out just so grease can easily get in them, but i learned tonight that even with them on, the grease gets in. I have a mower in my shop right now with a blade put on wrong, surprisingly that's not the spindle that's bad. When i mowed lawns i had a customer call and tell me i left a mower blade in her yard. I told her that's impossible, but sure enough. The star had enough grip that when the bolt fell out it stayed on and worked fine. It was laying right where i shut the deck on on the way to the trailer. Figured I'd find the bolt next time i mowed, but never did

I did this in my shop for years and never had a problem by doing it.

That's the way I did them for years on the old wheel horse and I read somewhere on here that you're not to do it that way. glad you think it's the way to go. I agree.

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Smart. Best video on the topic!

My daughters mower, a Husky, came new, with a blade torqued down on the star and mushroomed it out. I took my die grinder with a cone shaped carbide bur to it so the blade would actually go on correctly.

I've been doing this for years in my former working life,..I use the needle type grease adapter that you can get for applying grease to very small places. I make sure that the 'opened' sealed bearing is greased completely. Great idea Mark,... well done!

Practical and proven recommendations, thanks for another rally good video. And, keep up the Great work! 👍👍👍

Quality video and good info. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for a very educational and needed video. Carry On Sir. Some good advice I will follow.

I like your content. I'm subbing. Use a 5/16-18 instead of a fine thread. It's much stronger. Use Turpentine for tapping fluid for aluminum and Crisco vegetable shortening (not the oil. Vegetable lard) for tapping steel. ( I was raised a machinist.) THANK YOU for your post. Very good info.

Here is what I find when you remove the inner seal and you force the spindle full of grease the outside seal will be forced off. Even if you drill a weep hole this will happen. Now you can end up with grease on the v belt. A better way is to each season take the spindle apart, pry the grease seal off, clean and lube the bearing and reinstall the seal. More work yes.

Great info! Especially about the washer!

Very nice work. Very interesting

i am in uk and not a lawnmowerer. but i subscribe becuase i respect real. 👍👍

Another day I got two water pumps from an elderly lady they had grease cups on them for the bearings. Old cars how did grease zerk on the water pump an oiler on the distributor. Some had grease lyrics of oilers on the generators. Nothing is made to last anymore cheap and disposable like life

Simple well done advice

great tips thanks Mark