This pulley if you don't do what I was advised to do by the Manager at the Cub Cadet service dept. will not last anytime at all. I was going through at least two, several times a season. After my complaining to him about all these made in China pulleys that the bearings fall out in no time. He asked me if I had been hosing down my mower right after mowing to clean it up. I said yes and he said that any water that hits this pulley while it is hot will absorb that moisture into the bearing and they will fail. After that and finding these (same as what they where selling at a higher price) I started doing my weed eating after I mowed and let the mower and pulleys cool down. That and using my blower to blow off the deck and also keeping my water spray limited to where I spray. It solved the problem of them going bad so quickly, and I just replaced the last one I ordered several seasons ago. My suggestion is if you need this pulley now. Get a spare to keep on hand, for when you will need to replace it. You will somewhere down the road have to replace it again, and it is a whole lot nicer to have a back up on hand to put on. than having to run out to a dealer or order another one here to finish mowing.

I average 120 hrs over 5 yrs on these with standard maintenance.I consider fair for the price.

If you could grease the bearings id give them 10 stars. Sealed bearings just don't last long. Expect them to last 2-3 seasons

This item works great. Appears to be an exact match for the pulley on my Cub Cadet ZF50 that wore out after 12 years. I've had this installed for several weeks now without issue.

Wow, what a pulley. Works and fixed my mower. Only thing that would be better is a free dude to actually mow the lawn.