If you paid yourself minimum wage, how much would the repair of each of those pins cost you? Let's ignore the capital costs of your Equipment for simplicities sake...
Most of Deere's hardware is standard size. (Machines built post-1992 are predominately metric) but there are quite a few items unique to them, gauge wheel axles and spindles being among them.
Having worked behind a green and yellow parts counter for a few years, there are some items that seem pretty pricey and others are downright reasonable. I remember $120+ blade spindle assemblies for AYP equipment like Husqvarna, Craftsman, Poulan, weed-eater, etc. These were fragile cast-aluminum housings with long, easily bent shafts that would instantly turn into scrap metal upon the mere sight of roots or rocks in your lawn. While I'm not advocating running any mower over such, comparable replacement part cost for a Deere of similar stature was about $45-75.
Try to remember those pins have likely survived decades of service thus far. Along with the rest of the machine. That's a lot less common on units that are assembled with dollar store hardware. 😉
Most of Deere's hardware is standard size. (Machines built post-1992 are predominately metric) but there are quite a few items unique to them, gauge wheel axles and spindles being among them.
Having worked behind a green and yellow parts counter for a few years, there are some items that seem pretty pricey and others are downright reasonable. I remember $120+ blade spindle assemblies for AYP equipment like Husqvarna, Craftsman, Poulan, weed-eater, etc. These were fragile cast-aluminum housings with long, easily bent shafts that would instantly turn into scrap metal upon the mere sight of roots or rocks in your lawn. While I'm not advocating running any mower over such, comparable replacement part cost for a Deere of similar stature was about $45-75.
Try to remember those pins have likely survived decades of service thus far. Along with the rest of the machine. That's a lot less common on units that are assembled with dollar store hardware. 😉
