John Deere LA130 Wheel Bushing to Bearing Upgrade

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Today we'll be upgrading a John Deere LA130's factory front wheel bushings to bearings.

In today's video, I provide you with all the part numbers necessary to do this upgrade yourself!

When compared to a metal bushing, wheel bearings have much less rolling resistance. Additionally, they will last much longer, due to not having a metal to metal contact, which will ultimately reduce friction, heat and wear.

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[dr.thrashfinger]

I just did the same replace and upgrade on my LA-175 a few days ago. Watching you go through it was like Deja vu. I'm glad you agree with my repairs lol. I also did my Streator plate, pinion and bushing. I swapped out the transmission a couple of weeks ago as well to repair a broken axle. Great vid, I'll keep an eye on you. You know what you're doing.

[bullinerfamily]

If only more people cared about quality work and taking care of their customers. I predominantly do all my own work because I do not trust other people, and every time I’m busy and say ok I’m gonna give someone a shot, they f it up. Watching your vids for the first time and you can see that you know what you’re doing and you actually care about the workmanship. Awesome job, wish I lived closer to you, because I would absolutely trust you with my equipment. Keep up the good work

[HobbyMotorDK]

It's not a repeat - cause you do this repair with all the important details on parts - real EP quality video. Thanks Jake

[philliphall]

I work mostly for older folks and I’ve installed the easy turn brging kits and wheel brging kits
Every one has been very happy with it and it’s cheap improvement for older worn out arms 😊😊😊

[bobbyyounts]

Well informed to the point. Great video awesome job I'll be doing some upgrades myself to my John Deere

[donvoll]

Good day Yea those roller bearings will be alot better than bushings. Good video. Thanks

[watermanone]

Excellent video, I also put flat needle bearings on the spindle shaft to make it much easier to turn. I don't have the part number today but if I can find it I will send it to you. Thanks for the video.

[GrampiesWorkshop]

How's she goin'? Nice video and tanks for providing all the parts numbers for this upgrade. Very thorough!! Take care!!!

[sheri]

Thanks, it's good to learn about my mower.

[jameslester]

Well done on the wheel bearings. I just did this myself on my Husqvarna. It was very easy. I also recommend the poor mans power steering mod, also very easy and have reduced steering effort by about 50%. It was only $20.

[tomsteiner]

you've helped a lot and I wanted to thank you for all you do

[nickluzzi]

Good job . Need to see the actual work being done .

[aceallenk]

Did this upgrade when my mower was 8 hours old, and was surprised by the amount of wear on the wheel axle. I also added thrust bearings to the spindle at the time. Poor man power steering they call it. At the time all the pars combined were cheaper than replacing a hub. Theres probably 50 tricks of little things a person can do to those mowers so nothing wears out where it's steel on steel. One great trick is add a plastic washer made from a milk jug between the mower belt tightener with some grease. That wear spot is done and will last forever. Do the same to the drive belt tightener. That plastic milk jug material will never wear out, nor will the steel tighteners either. My mower is 130 hours old, better than new, literally.

[mattmook]

Great video, very informative and detailed. Thumbs up applied!

[fwpart]

10 min until the actual install - Good Lord

[bungalobill]

Excellent. Good instruction. Good information.

[Smalltechguy]

Good video. I'm going thru a steering issue on my LA140. I have already replaced the steering gear, but noticed while turning, the tire was fighting against the steer. So these steering arms are none adjustable, so I am guessing the last owner hit something pretty hard, my spindles look pretty good still, but will change them anyway especially flipping for a new mower deck. They only come in green color now.

[gordbaker]

Did you Reverse the front wheels? I see the zerk fitting is on the inside, Schematic shows 12:38 it on the outside. I prefer both valve and zerk to be inside on my X320 as I have Chrome/Stainless hubcaps.
Great video. Will the Torrington type roller/ Thrust setup work for all JD steering Spindle setups?

[slipperyblueclay]

Really enjoy your work. Even though this is a John Deere, I gather the same work can be done on Cub Cadets?

[ChubbyButcher]

GREAT VIDEO AGAIN! VERY WELL EXPLAINED! GOOD KNOWLEDGE ON ALL YOUR VIDEOS.. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO EDUCATE US! CHEERS . CHUBBY BUTCHER