"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
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Was that JD with Kawasaki engine? Or go Honda.

The JD had a 6.5 BS engine. It was one of those with the caster front
wheels. The self-propelled broke. I'm sure I won't get the technical names
correct here, but I'll try to explain.

There's a pulley on the axle shaft, which sits on a pin. The pin wore out,
which looks to be from the bearing seizing in the pulley. The pin is not
screwed into place , but appears to be cast as part of the axle. You have
to replace the axle housing, in order to fix this, the pin was not
replaceable. The cost factor was too much vs replacing the mower. It was a
bad design.

BTW.... I worked for JD, on the transportation end. I drove regional for
them. JD used to have a good name, but it went downhill.