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Had one stuck on before too. Ended up drilling two holes in it and using a puller to pull it off. I tried penetrating oil, air hammer, heating it etc. The hardest part about pulling it was drilling the two holes.

One by one the central Indiana Hustler dealers are disappearing i.e. dropping the product line. My only assumption is that it is because Hustler went after the consumer market with really cheap and trash mowers and tried to keep dealers in the commercial line. I really love my 22 year old Super...

Milsco (aka Michigan Seat Company) has some pretty nice seats. It's OEM for some equipment. They have several distributors, Northern Tool is already mentioned. I bought the V5300 for my Hustler Super Z. Pretty decent seat.

Ok. I'm back for a quick update. Have about 60-70 hours on it since the seals were replaced. Zero leaks. Zero issue. Runs like a champ. Makes me feel great to take on a new and different challenge.

Alright. last update for a while. It's together and running. Sounds great. no leaks so far. I will be watching it closely the first few weeks. So here's all that I did: Replaced: Top and bottom shaft seals Governor shaft seal Crankcase gasket PCV Valve and cover gasket (left the stop and...

have a friend whose dad has the exact mower and same engine +/- a year or 2. Looked at his. I had the governor and linkage correct, but when I tightened the clamp it would shift the arm just a hair. So had to be a little more aware of keeping the governor arm from moving. and the answer to my...

Well. weeks later it's almost there. work, taxes, family. and more work. So. does anyone have any good pictures of the front and back control panel connections as it relates to the governor arm, spring, shaft, and throttle linkage. I feel like something isn't right. I set it per the manual which...

Well. just a heads up for anyone who reads this. The fitting nut for the oil cooler is 1". And the nut is so narrow I had to machine off the taper/chamfer on a $9 socket to get enough engagement with the nut. otherwise I just round the very outside edge off of it. I've been too busy with work...

well. i went the adventurous route (i.e. the cam and crank are now in bags sitting on the workbench). It only took about 2 hours to break the whole engine down. I will be ordering all the gaskets and seals this week. Any suggestions on how to get the oil cooler mounting "joint" off? it's pretty...

that's what I'm thinking, simply mark the rod caps and rods (one dot, two dots) remove 4 bolts, crank is out. pop old and press new seal, install crank, match up dots, torque to spec. I'm getting too old to keep doing this stuff. lol.

BTW, I mic-ed the ID of the output bearing and it was within spec. Spec being 1.581" and we measured both output bearings at 1.5765" and 1.5760"

I would be interested in your suggested tool. otherwise, will likely pull this crank out tomorrow.

Thanks for the info. I know this engine has been a workhorse for me. I'm the second owner on the mower, I know personally the person who owned it before me. They put about 350 hours on it in 10 years. I've done about 550 in 10 years. The only major work I've done to the mower is I rebuilt one of...

Both the top crankshaft seal and the governor seal look like a pain to replace. have to pull the crank. and looking at the governor, it looks fun. So if I remove this crank, do I just need to mark the direction and piston the caps come off of and make sure I reinstall on the same piston and...

I have a 2001 model Hustler Super Z with the Kawasaki FH721V. It started leaking oil slowly early last season then by the end of the season it was leaking like a sieve. I cleaned it and the best I could tell it was the output shaft seal. I pull the engine, and there is oil everywhere. So I'm...