05-01-2015, 10:49 PM
Also have nothing to show, but when I was mowing the yard with my Snapper 33" rider all of a sudden I had no control over the steering.
Pushed it into the shop and raised the front end with my shop built mower lift and found the tear drop shaped piece welded to the end of the steering column that connected the tie rods had broken. Pulled the steering column, removed the piece from the tie rods and re-welded it back on the column. Added a gusset for strength then reinstalled everything. Most likely a mower shop would have ordered the part (Snapper = $$$$$$$$$$$) and taken a couple of weeks. I was back up and running in about an hour.
Pushed it into the shop and raised the front end with my shop built mower lift and found the tear drop shaped piece welded to the end of the steering column that connected the tie rods had broken. Pulled the steering column, removed the piece from the tie rods and re-welded it back on the column. Added a gusset for strength then reinstalled everything. Most likely a mower shop would have ordered the part (Snapper = $$$$$$$$$$$) and taken a couple of weeks. I was back up and running in about an hour.