Posted by JDseller on October 05, 2011 at 08:29:04 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: STEERING ARM REPAIR posted by JR FRYE on October 04, 2011 at 10:06:04:
The set screw WILL NOT work. It would just round out. Plus most of those spindles are heat treated and are hard. I would recommend not doing anything as YOU will be liable when it fails again and it will when fixed half a$$ed. HE will be sure and tell all of his friend that you "fixed" it and your repair failed. I have been there too many times over the years. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
So with that said IF you still want to fix it, do like Delta Red suggested. Remove all the welds, that was just someone "easy" fix that will not hold. Then take the steering arm off and grind the slot that is already there completely through. Then put in a new key and new grade eight bolt. Tighten the he!! out of the bolt. This will hold a while. The best would have been the new taper lock spindle and arm.
I would get him to sign a release, with a witness, any repair that was done without new parts. I know of a guy killed when one of these stripped and made the tractor flip at road speed. You will be sued if that happens so be prepared to defend your self. I have been sued twice over failed repairs in twenty years. Each time I was saved because I had used factory new parts. The liability was passed on through me, even if the parts are after market.
You will not win in the long run either way on this repair. If you fix it right then he will bad mouth you for being too high. If you rig it. When it fails he will bad mouth you because you did not make the whole tractor new for a cheap repair price. You will never make much money working for cheap skates. They will never let you make a profit.
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