re: Wide push mower?

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Very easy to replace that bearing. Took me 10 minutes on mine.

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awesome, seems like a good idea to swap it regardless. for $12 what can it hurt?

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You can order those brake shoes new for very cheap. I would just replace them

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good deal. i may do just that. i'm starting to get a little collection of cheap parts together that i need to keep the mower in shape thanks to you.

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i have the 1 wheel Velky.

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the little thing you ride on behind the mower

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Mine is the wheel belt drive. That's what you want

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got it, and done.

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The hydros are unnecessary and very costly to maintain

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yes i am seeing that now

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Mine has the 5 speed Techumse Peerless transmission with reverse.

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seeing where these can be found on ebay for $150-ish but much harder to find the older 700-022 (4sp) which is what i have.

i see some people are swapping for the 5sp but said the metal frame the shift handle is in may not be wide enough to support the 5th gear so they are removing that.

not sure what it would take to swap it over, something about going from a 16spline to a 9 spline?


here's a quote i saw on this:

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I replaced one on a bobcat 48 inch walk behind earlier in the year with basically the same peerless transmission. Only the bolt pattern is different on the bottom of the tranny casing.

Only Two bolts on the underside of the transmission and remove the jackshafts coming out of the side of the transmission. This will expose the splines on each shaft. Slip in the new one, bolt it up from underneath, replace the jackshafts, slip the belts back on the pullys, and zoom!! Took about 45 minutes the first time, feeling my way as I went.

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How do you remove the jack shafts?

There should be a retainer bolted to to the frame near the pulley. Unbolt it. It will slide out.

The larger pulley (underneath) is held on by a snap-ring,once this is removed, then the four bolts. etc.

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You are going to remove the side cover that protects the drive pulley(double belt pulley), pull the drive belt off. It's easier to push the machine forward and pull outward on the belt, it should roll-off. LH and RH shafts are held on by two bolts and nuts. On the inboard side of the pulley, should be 2 bolt heads next to the retainer, next to the shaft should be two nuts. Remove them and double pulley and shaft should come out like as assemble. You are going to upgrade to a 5-speed transmission. Depending on the year you may have to remove the shift cover. The covers slot does not allow full travel of the gear shifter. If you do this just count the gears from neutral.

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should i consider swapping for the newer/more common 5sp if and when my tranny dies?


I FEEL SO SMART NOW..i understand everything in your post and when i was on page 2 it was all greek to me