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Quick36

My Better Outdoor Products Quick36 needs a new center spindle. They have been out of business for 10-yrs but it’s a great, strong mower otherwise and I’d hate to junk it. Sad in tallgrassville looking for an “obsolete” part.


#2

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bertsmobile1

Very few companies make their own spindles or blades so most are bought in items.
So pop a photo in and see is some one can recognise it


#3

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Quick36

3B7DFD71-F5FC-41D4-BA7F-AB391C506230.jpegthis spindle is 6” long. Has two pulleys for belts. Top pulley is a deeper “V” than the lower pulley. Each pulley is the same diameter at 4 15/16” across. Thanks


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bertsmobile1

Good for a start but we need to see the bolt pattern at the flange , the thread size for the blade bolt & the top of the shaft where the pulleys fit as some have a hex, some have a key & others are splined .
Stens , Rotary, Prime Line & Oregon all list mandrels or spindles or jackshafts in their catalogues along with the relevent dimensions


#5

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Quick36

I have some images and they are in a folder. I’m trying to figure out how to attach the images to this site. Thank you very much for your help. I agree, somebody made that spindle FOR better outdoor products.


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bertsmobile1

Resize them ( with resampling ) in your favourite photo editing softwear to 12 " @ 72 dpi as a jpg
That will drop the file size to a couple of hundred kb and SAVE the image so the computer / phone changes the file size
Then you can drag & drop into your reply
A single reply will be limited to about 8 photos of that size


#7

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Quick36

bertsmobile1 said:
Resize them ( with resampling ) in your favourite photo editing softwear to 12 " @ 72 dpi as a jpg
That will drop the file size to a couple of hundred kb and SAVE the image so the computer / phone changes the file size
Then you can drag & drop into your reply
A single reply will be limited to about 8 photos of that size
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I have an I phone and I don’t understand anything you just said. vvvvvvvvv type of attachment from the spindle to the pulley. I’m thinking the spindle maybe fine it’s just the metal part that contains the spindle that’s the culprit. How would I know if the spindle is broken? I can see the metal containment piece is certainly broken.

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#8

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Quick36

Quick36 said:
I have an I phone and I don’t understand anything you just said. vvvvvvvvv type of attachment from the spindle to the pulley. I’m thinking the spindle maybe fine it’s just the metal part that contains the spindle that’s the culprit. How would I know if the spindle is broken? I can see the metal containment piece is certainly broken.
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bertsmobile1

Yes the housing is history
Take the shaft out and look at it
It is just a length of steel with a thread at each end


#10

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Quick36

bertsmobile1 said:
Yes the housing is history
Take the shaft out and look at it
It is just a length of steel with a thread at each end
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The shaft of the spindle looks straight it’s just the housing around the spindle that is broken. I’m thinking of taking it to a machine shop to see what they could do. Worth a shot before I trash the whole mower.


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bertsmobile1

If it is a good mower then any light engineering workshop that does jobbing work could knock you up one in a couple of hours.
Whoever made the Ariens Zoom and Swisher both fabricate their own spindle housings from some heavy walled tube it is nota difficult job.
I am sill waiting for that end on bottom shot to see if the Great Dane housing will fit.
And Dane used the same spindle housing as JD does on their commercial ZTR's
All of the aftermarket parts suppliers do a pile of spindle housings, usually called Jackshafts, all you have to do is look.
The catalogues are all on line
I do not have it in my hand so I cannot tell you that Countax part 123456789 will fit .
I have to measure & compare .
A mobile mechanic such as myself or a workshop that repairs mowers rathe than a glass front retail outlet will probably be able to find one that will fit.
I don't even have a listing for Better Outdoor blades in the specialist blade catalogue & they have over 100 machines listed .


#12

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Quick36

bertsmobile1 said:
If it is a good mower then any light engineering workshop that does jobbing work could knock you up one in a couple of hours.
Whoever made the Ariens Zoom and Swisher both fabricate their own spindle housings from some heavy walled tube it is nota difficult job.
I am sill waiting for that end on bottom shot to see if the Great Dane housing will fit.
And Dane used the same spindle housing as JD does on their commercial ZTR's
All of the aftermarket parts suppliers do a pile of spindle housings, usually called Jackshafts, all you have to do is look.
The catalogues are all on line
I do not have it in my hand so I cannot tell you that Countax part 123456789 will fit .
I have to measure & compare .
A mobile mechanic such as myself or a workshop that repairs mowers rathe than a glass front retail outlet will probably be able to find one that will fit.
I don't even have a listing for Better Outdoor blades in the specialist blade catalogue & they have over 100 machines listed .
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#13

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Quick36

I found a part, or should I say a great lawnmower shop near me who was up to the challenge found the part. It come in towards the end of this week. I’ll let you know who and what makes the part.


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SeniorCitizen

Looks to possibly be a variable speed assembly . Research those on line . IIR , older MTD products had something similar .


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