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I saw 20 on a long trip with the V6 3.0 ... one time. usually 15. The 4 cyl is the way to go.

I sure wouldn't drop the brand name.

Me too! Coincidence?

That was a good read.

Thanks for this too, sir. Love real world evidence. As you note, pressure can pop the rubber seal out ... I have the same distrust of the zerked spindle. A benefit of the ZZ shield is that pressure just forces grease out ... as designed. A nice distinction.

Excellent and very helpful post, Bert. Thanks. I did run into a short bit re actual steel-sealed ball bearings and it said while they were not serviceable, they had a life span of around 3 years in presumably 24-7 service. That's what I was hoping to buy. For a mower, that would be a buy once...

Thanks guys. Sounds like we all understand shielded bearings. Here's a short interesting read ... too much is not OK: https://mcguirebearing.com/faqs/bearing-relubrication/

Thanks for the cite. I didn't anticipate this being so difficult. Here's a pic of the actual culprit. I was able to get a couple from AutoZone. They came in a brown carton labeled "Agricultural Bearings." $4. each. They are 2RS ... which led to my original question.

Let me try again. "For ref, the spindle brg is a 6305. the wheel brg is 499502." The 499502 is from a zt front wheel. It's a Bad Boy but so what? I am asking just the one simple question in the title: Are Actual SEALED bearings Available? No offense intended Star Tech, and you've been helpful...

At 200 hours, routine maintenance has found a spindle and a ZT front wheel bearing that need help. I am familiar with the current rubber shielded bearings. And I'm assuming that the ZZ designation has double metal shielding. If the shields are removed, one can see the bearings ... that ain't...

In boating forums, which anchor is the biggie.

So, bearings don't come with much grease ..........and that's OK. Kinda hard thing to relearn. I have back up spindles without Zerks. Think I'll jsut leave them as is.

Thank you. I've passed on these suggestions.

Will do.

Over beers a guy told this tale about his mower dropping to 9v. Alt puts outs 13+v. I just read a thread about pto killing engine but here engine runs fine, pto engages smoothly at wot but the dash volt meter drops to 9v and tractor continues to run until the battery is dead. This just has to be...