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Personally, I would not name my son after a self-destructive drunk or a guy who couldn't sing.

I thought that part was a little weird.

Let's quote the authoritative source so this rabbit hole gets closed off permanently. From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers:

Thanks. I called them screws. It's my understanding that bolts to through smooth assemblies into nuts, and screws go into threaded assemblies. It looks like I did this wrong. Apparently I have to use two nuts on each stud to torque it, remove the nuts without disturbing the studs, and then put...

What about the screws?

Thank you. That's the opposite of what I guessed after studying the manual.

I was able to bop the seal onto the hub using a short PVC fitting to push it, so that's finished. Now I'm confused about the torque on the screws and nuts on the axle cover. Kubota calls its parts certain things in its catalog and completely different things in the WSM. The WSM says to torque...

I got around to replacing the oil seal on my L3710's front axle today. It's not a bad job, EXCEPT for removing the metal part of the old seal and installing the new one. The metal ring is extremely tight on the axle, and it has rubber inside it to make the friction worse. A guy on the web said...

The manual for my mower gives the following instructions for removing the front step: remove step.

All I can tell you is that it appears to be an American, not Japanese, part.

It turned out the problem with the loader was a defective assembly between the seat and steering wheel. I thought the loader extended farther down than it did. When I put the bucket back on, the loader lifted the front end just fine. I really need to replace that defective assembly. I hope...

It's a different model with a different manual, and the directions are reversed.

That sounds like a great way put it IN gear, but I have to push it down to get it out. I am reluctant to step on it, and I only have one left foot anyway.

In that case, never mind.

Maybe I'm using the wrong term. I mean the balls are not directly exposed, the way they are in many bearings. As you can see, they are covered up.

As I said, they do have shields.

The bearings arrived. It's an interesting design. They are not sealed against dust. A dust-sealed bearing will have a plate on each side to keep everything out. These bearings have weird shields that cover the balls but appear to let grease in. It looks like the purpose is to keep big pieces...

That's definitely better than my manual.

I should add that we already had our delightful yearly visit from the covid fairy.

This one isn't covid. Our son managed to find us something else. I think the flu got around his vaccination. My wife and I were just about to get shots when he got sick and passed it to us. It's not much of a flu, thank God. I'm glad to hear covid is getting more mild. For us, it's no more...