bad bearing?

[corey4671]

hey guys. Noticed this morning that it looks like my center blade is cutting too low. Since I mow with worktunes on I haven't really noticed nay noise. Took the headphones off and man that was a racket! Sound like a bad bearing to you guys?

[Jay Ray]

With those visible and audible symptoms if you jack the mower up and grab the ends of the blade and try to move the spindle side to side you will probably feel a lot of play.

[corey4671]

With those visible and audible symptoms if you jack the mower up and grab the ends of the blade and try to move the spindle side to side you will probably feel a lot of play.

not a LOT of play. but I did notice that the blade has some movement. from the top of the deck, the spindle does appear to be moving more than it should and the belt is flopping around a lot too.