Re: (ET) "Mower Motor Rebuilding"

[David Tiefenbrunn <dtiefenbrunn snet net>]

At 05:15 AM 3/23/00 -0500, David wrote:

>I have heard tales of the short lives that lower bearings have on mower 
>motors.  I think this is the reason.  It's tempting to hose out the deck 
>after mowing, but I think that scraping it instead will contribute to 
>longer bearing life.

I use bearings with (rubber) seals instead of the original type that only
have (metal) shields.  They only cost a few dollars more.  I rebuilt all of
the motors when I got my trac,  about 15 years ago.  All of the bearings
are still good.

Dave


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