Awesome! My craftsman 20hp mower is about 15 years old and the steering wheel is really loose. I just deal with it and never looked to see how easy it was to fix. Thanks to your video, I'll fix it now since it's so easy and cheap. 7 bucks ain't bad to fix loose steering. Thanks, PJ!
Thank you SOOOO MUCH after paying a mower repair shop $189.00 it came back still broken 67 yrs old never worked on my mower BUT with YOUR precise video happy to say the steering rod is now tight hopefully it’s fixed guess I’ll know tomorrow if it falls apart while mowing 🚜 😂
I just went thru my tractor yesterday and made sure that bushing was greased along with all the other moving parts. I'm thinking of just replacing the plastic bushing with a roller bearing in the future.
Most riding lawn mowers were (or maybe still are) made by the same manufacturer. Many parts are interchangeable with a LOT of other brands including John Deere, Husqvarna, and more.
Yeah I fixed mine for free I just cut up a pop can and then slid it in between the bushing and then put a hose clamp on the top always clamp on the bottom perfect
Has anyone made an improved version of this part? I'm thinking if this was cast out of bronze, drilled and tapped for a zirc fitting for grease, it would last 50+ years.
Interesting that you could still get steering parts for your Craftsman lawn tractor. A better long-term solution to reliability is to buy a better engineered tractor. I bought my 1997 John Deere LX 176 lawn tractor in 2007 and it still steers like a nearly new unit.
Parts used to be an advantage of buying Craftsman as opposed to some random brand from either of the two factories. Not sure it is now and future. The major part of the lifetime is going to be determined by usage and maintenance. As a kid cutting grass for 60 to 80 hours per week for about 15 years I wore out two John Deere lawn tractors. When I finally bought a house that needed a lawn tractor I bought Craftsman. That was 1998. I replaced it last year with another Craftsman. I used and abused that Craftsman, and finally the transmission gave out. Prior to that the biggest repair was replacing the two deck spindles - each one because they wore out, and one of them the first time because it was bent by hitting a stump. I think 22-23 years is pretty decent.
Parts for Craftsman are not hard to find. But the main difference between Craftsman and John Deer is like Cummings vs Caterpillar. Cummings is a whole lot cheaper to fix/repair and parts are easily found. Still have my Craftsman 2007 DSL 3500 going strong.
I think that you should try cleaning off your work area with compressed air before using a new part on it. Since that is a bushing you probably should have put some grease on it. I clean off my tractor each time I cut grass with it. Just my opinion …
