1968 42" mower deck spindle rebuild
 

Does anyone know if it is possible to dissassemble and rebuild the mower deck spindles on a 42" mower deck on a 1968 cub 104, or are they not rebuildable? If they can be restored, are there any instructions available on how to do it? Thanks for your help.

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42"Deck Spindle Rebuild
 

It is possible to rebuild the deck spindles. I am doing it right now on a 42" deck w/cast ends and just completed a rebuild on a 38" deck. The parts are available to do rebuild the spindles, but they are costly. The spindles run about $100 apiece; the bearing kits run about $40 apiece.

If you want to completely rebuild the mower, the shroud under the mower that looks like a wave is also available. With the 38" deck, I took off the cast iron ends and the cast center piece and had them sand blasted and powder coated along with the belt guards. I reassembled it with stainless steel bolts and put all the decals back on. Hopefully, it will be good for another 50 years of mowing.

Good Luck!

Cast Deck Mower Rebuild
 

While we're on the subject, when I rebuilt the 38" mower on my 71, I did all the mower disassembly and reassembly, except removing the old races and inserting the new bearings, races, and bushings.

Any ideas on how to remove the old bearing races without marring the housings? I tried tapping around the edges with a screwdriver and hammer, but they aren't moving and I don't want to score the casting walls. The problem is that there are two races about 1/2" from each end of the housing and I don't think I could drive both of them out of one side of the casting with a piece of pipe.

BFH and a punch. One cup comes out one side and the other cup comes out the other side of the housing. This is a typical Cub spindle housing.

1968 42"mower deck spindle rebuild
 

Sam Mac,

Thank you. I thought that was probably the case, but not having done it before, I didn't want to "mess it up". I guess a punch will be cheaper than going to a machine shop to have them do it.