Steering Issue

[vans]

I was mowing last night with my 2186, my steering broke- ball joint/tie rod end, was able to wire it back together to finish mowing

I think Ill replace all four ends, anybody else had this issue?

 

[Bob_Bainbridge]

It was quite common on the older models like my 1450. I bought new tie-rod ends and then made a temporary repair on the bad ones by greasing them and then taking a center punch and dimpling the metal all around the ball. I saved the repaired ones for emergency use when one failed again. My 3235 has much heftier ends and hasn't had a problem for the 8 years I've owned it (amazingly still has the factory battery also).

Bob B.

 

[Carl_NH]

Yep - my 1811 had one afer 12 years so replaced them - hitting a rock with the front wheels seems to shorten their life considerably.