Recent content by Neil

First, the new NSK bearing from the Kubota dealer did come in the plastic wrapper like the bearing shown above. Yesterday, I set both hubs on the bench side by side and measured back and forth several times. The NSK side runs a solid 0.0002 smaller than the Koyo side with free fits that "feel"...

My measurements were made with a 2 year old Mitutoyo 293-340-30 Digital Micrometer, which has never been dropped or recalibrated. I'll try to make a more thorough comparison later and report back. For now, I can add that as soon as I opened the NSK bearing I tried it on the shaft where the...

Today I took the tight side to a friend with a press. No joy, so we cut the bearing off. The shaft underneath was partially galled. After a stop at the local Kubota dealer for a new bearing, I chucked the hub up in my lathe and polished the bearing surface down to achieve the same barely free...

In this case, the slip fit is on the good side and the interference fit is on the trashed side. To be clear, I'm referring to the fits on the hub shafts, not in the cast housings.

After recently buying a 20ish year old B7800 I pulled the mower deck only to discover bad sounds coming from the left side of the front axle. When I pulled the cover, I noticed overflowing sealant that wasn't present on the other side, so maybe this has been opened before. The bottom bearing...