UPDATE and success.
The Craftsman rear door is just not available. And I searched long and hard to find it.
The pictures above by swhite are exactly how mine broke. Both sides!
Now they were broken before I bought the machine.
I bought this machine from a local fb marketplace ad for $85. The seller did one pull start on that 190cc B&S engine and it fired right up. I was sold! It still fires up on 1 pull after have been shut down for days.
However, the rear door was tie wrapped at the pivot areas and had two bungie cords holding it down.
I asked how that worked and he said OK.
Well, it really sucked mowing a lawn because the dust and dirt would blow out the back of the door where it seals against the bag.
The time & effort needed to adjust the bungies to get a better seal, really sucked. And the seal was never perfect because the arrangement did not seat the door correctly and there was no spring tension to hold it closed against the bag.
So that was the problem. Here was my solution.
After a very long search using multiple part numbers. And no there are no numbers on the door. The correct Craftsman number 430653 is not available at all. However, I discovered this machine is made by Husqvarna. And Husqvarna has a different part number for the same door. 581747804 But just like Craftsman it is not available either.
My head was spinning because there are so many doors. And many look similar just a different part numbers. Why I wondered?
Then I found a 22" stamped into the old door.
I went on eBay and found a door that looked very similar and for a 22" Husqvarna walk behind.
The part number on that one is 593304501. So I paid $33.31 to have it delivered to my home.
I received it yesterday and installed today. SUCCESS!
It only came with one door spring and there was one door spring left over from the old one. And each was from the opposite side so I lucked out there. These doors of this generation have threaded pivot pins on each side that the door pivots on. (There is another design that has a rod as a pivot and the rod is about the width of the mower) The threaded pin requires a 45 torx bit to remove. I used a 40 since I could not find my 45. The 40 was sloppy and did the job anyway.
Got the door mounted and works smoothly.
Fired up the machine and no dust/dirt blowing out of the door to bag seal.
YEAH
The only draw back. No Craftsman logo stamped into the new door. We all have to sacrifice a little.
I have pictures that I will load into a separate post.
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