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My new Craftsman garden tractor needs an alignment bad!!!
On Sep 25, 9:02 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... Just took delivery of the tractor (a 28750) and it runs very well, I'm very happy with it. One thing though, when I stand in front of the tractor the front wheels clearly show an excessive toe in. I'd say if you'd draw a line from each wheel forward, the lines would cross at about 50 feet, which is pretty bad. I know that in the long term, the forces generated on the wheels will wear the bearings, tires and steering system, not mentioning the extra fuel consumption. Not sure it will damage the grass in the long run, but it's certainly not a good thing for it. The steering system is probably identical on the large Husqvarnas and Cratfsman, and Husqvarna publishes their owners manuals on the web. I looked for a toe adjustment of any type in the manual as well as on the tractor and could not find one. Everything's fixed. One possibility is the two drag links that go from the Gear sector plate to the spindles. Those are already bent in two places, and unbending them a bit would push the toe out. Thanks in advance for any suggestion. So did you bend those tie rods taking the tractor off your pickup - or were you trying to squeeze it between two stumps ? Or did you try to drive over a 10" pine stick and it kicked up and bent the tie rod ? How come everyone seems to know about the 10" pine sticks but me? Why the hell isn't that mentioned in the obsessive first 43 pages of Safety warnings in the owner's manual? I got a whole field of 10" pine sticks and now I'm being told my garden tractor can't mow them? That's it. I'm getting my money back. The tie rods are bent by design, in order to clear the passage for some attachments or a front belt, I guess. I figured they only need 1/4" more, so straightening them which will make them deviate from their path very little. Gonna kerosene those pine sticks to hell tomorrow. I'll keep you posted. |
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