bo dawg 516 #1 Posted August 21, 2012 While searching for new or NOS spindles for my deck I'm finding what appears to be the same spindle but different PN's. Mine calls for pn 112674, but there's also 112673, and 112675. Looks to be the same although 74 is cheaper. Is there a difference? their 3/4 on blade end and the 5/8 on the pully end at least on the 112674. Also why is the spindles for the older decks thats a 3/4" both ends, PN 108849 and 106064 cost so darn much? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don1977 604 #2 Posted August 24, 2012 Bearings in the 3/4" spindles are 6203-12RR with a special 3/4" ID. The spindles with the 5/8" pulleys and nut on top are metric spindles that use a 6203 bearing that is 17mm ID same bearing as used in an old 70"s Chevy alternator. I can't hep you with the parts numbers because they kept up grading them sa they changed models. My deck was a Double-D and I have used all three types I now have all metric spindles. The housing for the 3/4" spindles are the same as the metric but all the other part are different with the exception of the blades. I have also had both 3/4" and metric on the deck at the same time. As the spindles get older they have raised the price. They claim supply and demand, but at some point I think it is just greed . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SousaKerry 501 #3 Posted August 24, 2012 I would not say greed so much as accounting software glitches. I work in engineering and manage large inventories of repair parts for OEM industrial machinery. The problem lies in when the parts in stock were made. If the parts have been in stock and the last run of parts was say 15 years ago the software looks at how much it cost to manufacture the parts when they were made and adds appropriate mark ups. If the parts were machined in the past few years the price will be much higher as the price of steel and labor has more then doubled in that time and since the parts have been out of production a smaller quantity has been ordered so the price goes up substantially. It is akin to going to the local supermarket and finding a box of cereal that has been on the shelf for 20 years, the price sticker has stayed the same all these years while all the newer stock has gone steadily up. So the cereal that sold for $2.50 20 years ago is now $6.00 but no-one changed the price tag. Gotta love inflation....... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
