About the steering system.

[Bange]

And speaking of bushings... I'm finishing replacing the steering shaft's upper bushing with a bearing...

 

[StarTech]

Now just how you get be in a fix position? So far in 14 yrs I have only replaced two of those bushings. I have had more problems with the bottom end of the shaft.

Briggs 708257 > Husqvarna 532195228.

Probably a lot of trouble to replace a $2 bushing, $4 US Retail.

 

[Bange]

I don't know the past beyond 2 years, when I bought it, and I noticed a very annoying gap, which I decided to eliminate now... and with materials that I have available or recycled... zero gap, zero cost... for 50 years ahead.

 

[Bange]

continuing...

 

[Bange]

Another stage almost completed...




But there's still a problem... it looks like this piece (#2) is crooked.
I'll take it out tomorrow and check it out...

 

[bertsmobile1]

Very rarely happens but part # 67 wear grooves in the and even the hole they sit in can get flogged out oval
The two plates which sandwich # 2 need to be adjusted so # 2 can pivot around the bushes # 67 but not rock as per your diagram or roll as this changes the steering geometry drastically .
The bushes # 67 are supposed to be oiled daily but most are never ever touched
This will be a hell of a good mower by the time you have finished I admire you perseverance

 

[Forest#2]

Yes, the sector gear to the fan gear is a wimpy area on lots of the lawn tractors and I've seen several that Bubba and jethro put in the WRONG SIZE plastic bushing. (and them plastic Chima bushings are a jaw dropper at their prices.

 

[Bange]

Very rarely happens but part # 67 wear grooves in the and even the hole they sit in can get flogged out oval
The two plates which sandwich # 2 need to be adjusted so # 2 can pivot around the bushes # 67 but not rock as per your diagram or roll as this changes the steering geometry drastically .
The bushes # 67 are supposed to be oiled daily but most are never ever touched
This will be a hell of a good mower by the time you have finished I admire you perseverance

The balance movement is normal... there is a gap that I also consider normal... the problem is that stopped on the plane I can observe that the vertical axes of the wheels point slightly in opposite directions (front/rear), which leaves the wheels looking drunk.

I like mechanics, I have many tools and I see this as a hobby... but I don't know anyone who has this or any other similar machine to be able to compare or even talk about, I'm going by my logic... sometimes it works and other times I have to go back a step, but I hope that later on I will reap better results.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Pull # 2 out and check the bushes and the hole they run in
One of the two plates that # 2 sits between will have slots for the purpose of adjustment
Usually it is the front one
When you turn there isa very high bending moment at the pivot

 

[Bange]

Yes, the sector gear to the fan gear is a wimpy area on lots of the lawn tractors and I've seen several that Bubba and jethro put in the WRONG SIZE plastic bushing. (and them plastic Chima bushings are a jaw dropper at their prices.

I don't know if I understood what you wrote correctly, but the industry strives to do things to hold you to them and I don't like that... often there's no way.