This tool kit is the only readily available set designed for accessing some Ariens/Gravely spindle bearings for replacement.

It is designed for spindles with part numbers:

• 51537200

• 51528000 

• 51537000

• 51527900

 

Kit Contains:

• Face pin spanner wrench with 1/4" pins and 2.75" pin center-to-center distance for spindle pulley.

• Spindle fixture for spindle blade driver. (Contains 5/16" undersized pins with a pin center-to-center distance of approximately 1.2")

• Spindle supports for pressing spindle shaft out of spindle assembly for cases wherein pressing is necessary.

• Two sealed Peer 6203 bearings (Separate kit with bearings).

 

Requires:

• Vise for holding spindle fixture:

• Pull handle for added leverage on spanner wrench handle. (A steel pipe with a minimum inner diameter of 1.75" and a minimum length of 2 ft will work.)

• Two sealed 6203 bearings to replace original bearings (if not included in kit).

 

Original bearings used are Peer 6203RLYD

 

Instructions for use:

• Remove blade from spindle assembly.

• Remove spindle assembly from mower deck.

• With dowels of spindle fixture facing upwards, secure spindle fixture in vise and tighten vise securely.

• Place spindle onto fixture with dowels fully engaging blade driver.

• Use face pin spanner wrench and rotate pulley and shaft counterclockwise to unscrew blade driver from spindle shaft. A wrench handle extender will be required to obtain enough leverage to loosen pulley. Note: Spindle may have been assembled with loctite and continued resistance may be felt when loosening pulley.

• If spindle shaft cannot be removed by hand, secure spindle housing supports to spindle.

•  With spindle assembly up-side-down, use supports to support assembly while pressing shaft out of spindle.

 

Kit does not contain spindle or a vise.

This kit is only designed for some Ariens/Gravely residential spindles and will not work with spindles used on commercial mowers.