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Craftsman 42" Gauge Wheel Kit Reviews
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Most Helpful Favorable Review
“Front Gauge Wheel Kit not that bad to install.”
HC
Shawnee, KS
1) First off, make sure that you have a #3 Phillips (the other reviewer was probably trying a #2 and thus the stripping).
2) With my LTS 1500 I did not have to drop the deck per the instructions, just turn your wheels hard left to do the right side.
3) Make sure that you have a 11/32 drill bit (if I...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2011
Most Helpful Critical Review
Okie56
Antlers, OK
I was looking for a wheel kit for my Craftsman LT1000 mower with a 42" deck. Found these. Did not realize until they arrived via UPS that these are for the FRONT of the mower deck. No where on the online description did they mention these were for the front of the mower deck. After looking long and...
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Craftsman 42" Gauge Wheel Kit Reviews
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Like other reviewers, it was a pain to install the left wheel. Instructions say to line it up with the rectangular pad on the deck. There is no pad on the deck. I guessed the location and was off a little. The wheels do keep the deck from scraping the ground. It was worth the effort to keep the deck cutting level.
Do yourself a HUGE favor and buy four 5/16" x 1" HEX-HEAD stainless or galvanized bolts and matching nuts and lock washers, and throw out the black bolts and gold-colored stainless nuts they provide you. Installation with the phillips-head bolts and the self locking nuts they provided was terrible!! Because it's a lock-nut, the nut requires tremendous torque to get it onto the bolt. With a phillips-headed bolt that you're trying to hold in place up inside the mower deck, you're almost guaranteed to strip at least some of them. I figured I could get these installed in about a half hour - It ended...
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