• Cast-iron housing versus aluminum housing: Cast-iron is stronger
• Tapered roller bearings versus ball bearings: Tapered roller bearings can handle combination of radial and thrust loads, ball bearings can not.
• Greaseable versus "maintenance-free": At over 1.8 million revolutions per day, greaseable spindles are a must for heavy-duty commercial applications.

Take a look at some of the Scag spindle* features.

Bearings - Scag spindles utilize a matched set of Timken tapered roller bearings. Tapered roller bearings have 50% more load capacity than ball bearings. The taper angles allow the bearing to handle a combination of radial and thrust loads, unlike a ball bearing.

Housing - Cast iron spindle housing. Increased shock load strength over aluminum housings. Super strong to take the everyday abuses of mowing. In 2004, Scag spindle housings were upgraded to an even thicker mounting flange, increasing strength by 163%!

Spindle shaft 1-1/8" diameter. Extra large diameter, hardened spindle shaft provides superior strength. Key groove is cut into shaft for solid pulley mounting.

Grease fitting. Top-mounted for quick and easy greasing. No need to crawl under the cutter deck.

Grease relief valve . Special relief poppet ensures that "over-greasing" and damaging a seal is impossible, even with powered grease guns.

Blade bolt mounting hole. Cutter blade retaining bolt travels through the center of the shaft. Under extreme impact, only the bolt may need to be replaced, not the entire spindle assembly. The thru-bolt design also allows you to change blades without altering the proper preload (150 ft. lbs.) on the tapered roller bearings.