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#1
08-03-2016, 01:56 PM
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What did I bend or break?
Greetings- Just yesterday, I stupidly drove my 122's left front wheel into a Catalpa tree in front of my house at very low speed.The result is not being able to turn right, the tractor will only turn to the left now. I jacked it up and did a quick visual inspection and could not see anything bent or broken, so I thought perhaps I had damaged the steering box internally. I removed and then took the steering box apart and thoroughly cleaned and re-greased the unit and then reassembled it and found no evidence of damage. At this point I took a look at my partially disassembled 102 and noticed that the drag link arm on the 102 was pointing to the 1:00 or 2:00 o'clock position with the wheels pointing exactly forward. I then observed the crashed 122 and noticed that it's drag link arm was in the 3:00 o'clock position (parallel with front axle ) when the wheels are pointing forward. This is what puzzles me, the drag link arm appears to be made out of two pieces of metal, the "arm" and the round "hub". But how are these two pieces held together and could the arm have pivoted on the hub without bending anything? I don't want to proceed any further until I figure out how this "drag link" is held together as I don't want to damage it. Any ideas, comments or suggestions? Thanks, Paul
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08-03-2016, 02:04 PM
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Sounds like you sheared the pin off that holds the arm to the spindle on the left hand side.
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08-04-2016, 08:07 AM
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The rolled pin did not get damaged, but
I'm still trying to figure out if the "arm" part of the drag link arm can pivot on the hub part of the drag link arm. As stated earlier, it appears that these are two separate pieces , but I cant figure out how they are held together. I put the hub part of the arm in a vice and then hit the " arm " part with a 3 pound hammer and I could not detect any movement. Anybody know how these two pieces are held together?, perhaps a machined pressed fit? I don't see any welds. This a quite baffling to me, but maybe I just haven't SEEN the problem yet. Anyone? I'll double check the spindle and the orientation of the hole in it to see if it was "torsionally" twisted. Thank you, Paul
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08-04-2016, 09:01 AM
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Check the parts look-up diagram and get the proper nomenclature for these parts you suspect are busted.
I suspect you are talking about the "drag link arm", the part that sits atop the left hand "steering knuckle" AKA spindle, and the drag rod link itself which is the rod that goes back to the "steering lever & bolt assly"
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08-05-2016, 08:38 AM
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Think that I figured it out......
But it wasn't until I removed the steering knuckle/spindle from my 102 and directly compared it (side by side) to the damaged spindle on the 122. You can see in the photos that the spindle part of the knuckle was in fact torsionally twisted (on left ) by comparing that position to the one on the right. This is the last place that I thought would bend, wow! Not only did it get twisted, but judging by the difficulty in removing the spindle/knuckle (needed 3 pound hammer and brass drift), it is no longer straight either. As much as this sucks, I'd rather have to replace the steering knuckle than the steering box! Thanks for your help.
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