Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hello folks,

I was just looking over my Toro 828 LXE and noticed that the wheels are not real tight onto the axel. You can move the wheels say about 1/8" before it turns the axel.  Are those  bolts that hold the wheel to the axel supposed to be tight enough to compress the wheel hub tight against the axel?  I would really have to torque on them nuts for that to happen. I did tighten the bolts quite a bit, but they still won't grab the axel without having that 1/8" play in there.

I thought maybe they were designed to not tighten.  I bet the bolt would break by the time that hub got compressed enough.  Pretty slick of them to do that I guess.  I did shoot some lube in there for good measure.  Thanks for the replies.