🔧 Black Stens 285-300 Spindle Assembly Review

Worked great, fits great. Bought a new spindle and rebuilt two others on my deck with new bearings. Let's see who lasts longer.

Bought 2 of 3 spindles. 1 1/2 summer or 54 hours mowed and the bearings failed. The original spindles lasted 14 years! One of the originals still works.

I was very disappointed with the product as it only lasted 3 months. The shaft that the wrench slides on may not have been hardened and fell around and ended up ruining my pulley. I would like to know how to contact the seller for a warranty exchange or my money refund.

The spindles have worked well so far. My Proturn 148 is for personal residential use on 6.75 and 9.5 acre lots. protects the mower and has not had any problems with the spindles so far. I've encountered snags, large branches and rocks and haven't rotated the keyway as some of the negative reviews claim.

These appear to be well made spindles and very heavy. The only issue I have is that they are deck mounted and not under deck like the originals. I tried installing them from the bottom but the pulleys didn't line up with the idler pulleys. When I mount them under the deck, the pulley on the spindles also rubs on the deck. I did not give 5 stars because this difference is not noted anywhere. I replaced the Gravely part number 58810800 with this one on a 52" deck.