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Well, almost. I can still turn it a little, but it's fighting me.
It's a B&S 1 1/2 and has been working fine until a few hours ago. I have narrowed it down to the spindle bearings but when I check them they are full of oil so no obvious cause for a problem. Spindle looks to be difficult to remove so I'd like to avoid that if possible. I was thinking of draining the oil from the spindle bearings, soaking it down with carb cleaner or diesel or something, dry it out and fill it back up. Any glaring problems with this plan?
Hard as it may be to believe, this machine is the workhorse of my shop so I need it back up and running as soon as possible.
Pictures of machine below.
front of spindle
rear of spindle
you can see oil drain plug and large spanner nuts on spindle
oil input (front and back are same)
you can also see front spanner nuts
It's a B&S 1 1/2 and has been working fine until a few hours ago. I have narrowed it down to the spindle bearings but when I check them they are full of oil so no obvious cause for a problem. Spindle looks to be difficult to remove so I'd like to avoid that if possible. I was thinking of draining the oil from the spindle bearings, soaking it down with carb cleaner or diesel or something, dry it out and fill it back up. Any glaring problems with this plan?
Hard as it may be to believe, this machine is the workhorse of my shop so I need it back up and running as soon as possible.
Pictures of machine below.
front of spindle
rear of spindle
you can see oil drain plug and large spanner nuts on spindle
oil input (front and back are same)
you can also see front spanner nuts