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L130 Steering Spindle

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#1 ·
I have been slowly fixing a few things on an L130 that was given to me. I found this yesterday, and I couldn't stop laughing at the state of this thing.

http://www.mytractorforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1989410&thumb=1

I had noticed the right front wheel had some sag to it. I'm completely new to lawn tractors, and riding mowers. From what I had read, maybe the bushings or bearings would need to be replaced. I popped the wheel off and found the bushings had scored and ground their very own channels into the spindle.

The amount of abuse this little spindle has been through!

Anyway, the left hand spindle is totally fine except for some surface scoring. Does anyone know what could cause this to wear so unevenly on the right hand side?
 

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Ah, that makes sense, rayjay. Thanks!

I'm going to replace the spindles and switch out the bushings for bearings. Does anyone know if it's still necessary to grease that cavity between the inner and outer bearings since the bearings are sealed?
 
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