Recently Widowed & Need Mower Help
I have an Craftsman LT1000. The steering wheel will for some reason turn 360 degrees. Someone put it on ramps yesterday so I could view it. They had no idea how to repair it. There is a piece "missing on the left side. I wish I would have taken a picture but didn't think about it at the time. After calling around I have been told it could be four different things. These are drag line, tie rod end, steering link, and steering rod. It is maybe 1' long I think, one end bolts in and the other curves a bit to fit in a hole so it will stay in place with either a bolt or cotter pin. It seems to have run from the steering wheel to the axle. I have looked at images but cannot find an image of exactly what I saw. It has got to have something to do with engaging the steering wheel I would think. Diagrams are pointless to me. Could anyone help?
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5 Comments
@catherine0921, If you are telling us it comes from under tractor steering to the axle of wheel, it sounds like the hole for ball stud on the Drag link has worn and came out of the drag link, the ball link stud may still be connected to the steering sector gear under the tractor. Unless they sell a ball stud retainer clip, you will have to replace the drag link assy. Video link below shows what I think is a similar problem to what you are having but could be the opposite end of the drag link that the ball has pulled out or broken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5-5i2jb...
by L Pfaff
So, I just asked the person who came over could we take the one off of the right side to be able to get correct part. There is not one on the right side. I could have sworn he showed me. So, whatever I am looking for is on the left.
by Catherine
Catherine, At the 4 min. 37 sec. mark of the video below, is this the part that came off?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icix2IHb...
by L Pfaff
Thank you all for the help. It was the drag link. Now, I have another issue with it. The deck will not engage. I know my husband had a bungee cord looking cable running from the deck handle to something below it. I honestly don't know if it was running underneath the mower or not. I'm not positive but I think it was something to resolve the deck issue. Any ideas? I so wish I could just afford another mower but we had no life insurance and it's a struggle just to keep the bills paid. Thank you for everything. It really means a lot.
by Catherine
There is a lever beside the seat that is used to adjust the deck to different levels. The bungee cord was connected to that lever and going downward. What could the bungee cord have been connected to so that the deck lever would be capable of shifting & staying in place once shifted?
by Catherine