JD GX85 riding mower -- Install flywheel dry or lube? Bendix gear question also.

[Gene123]

Hello friends. John Deere GX85 riding mower with 13 hp Briggs & Stratton engine. Flywheel -- When putting it on, should lube or anti-seize compound be applied to the shaft and hole, or should it go on dry? Bendix gear -- the plastic bendix gear only engages about 2/3 the way. Is this normal, or should it engage 100% into the teeth in the flywheel? Is it better to use a plastic bendix gear, or an aluminum one?

 

[Richard001]

Hello friends. John Deere GX85 riding mower with 13 hp Briggs & Stratton engine. Flywheel -- When putting it on, should lube or anti-seize compound be applied to the shaft and hole, or should it go on dry?

Gene,

No lube on the flywheel shaft or the flywheel.

Richard