How To Fix Sloppy Steering On Craftsman 917 Lawn Tractor.

In this video, I continue the maintenance work on my older Craftsman 917 lawn tractor that will become my wintertime snowblowing tractor.
The main culprit to be replaced is the steering column knuckle bushing.
In addition to that I went ahead and replaced the steering column support bushing, the steering drag link bushings and the front spindle bushings.

Steering Knuckle Bushing P/N: 160395
Steering Column Support Bushing P/N: 155099 (132155106)
Drag Link Bushings P/N: 126847X
Spindle Bushings P/N: 3366R (532003366)

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Part2: Front Wheel Replacement and Bearing Upgrade
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Part4: Mounting The Snowblower
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Part 5: Upgrading and Adding Lighting
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00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Identifying The Issue
01:50 - Dissassembly
04:13 - Disconnecting Knuckle From Above
05:34 - Disconnecting Knuicke From Below
06:08 - Removal of Knuckle
07:05 - A Note To Remember
08:45 - Installing New Knuckle Bushing
11:02 - Disassembly For Column Bushing
12:45 - Replacing The Column Bushing
14:31 - Reassembly
14:53 - A Trick For The Steering Wheel
17:46 - Replacing The Drag Link Bushings
19:15 - Replacing The Axle Spindle Bushings
22:47 - Outro