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| Subject: Type 1 or type 2 Craftsman steering box? July 11th 2021, 11:21 pm | |
| I’m collecting parts to build a rat rod wheelbarrow tub pickup kart for my grandson. I have a complete LT1000 Craftsman mower with the 6 speed MST 206 trans. Today I picked up some more parts for the project: a Lt1000 frame and a LT1500 with a blown engine. So, the ‘new’ frame has a type 1 steering box. The original LT1000 I have, which is a complete machine, has the type 2. Looking at the frames, I think I can transplant everything from the compete machine to the frame I got today and use the type 1 steering box. It looks like it is stronger and will be much easier to work with. Is this a good plan? The donor frame has a wrecked hydrostat in it now, but the frame appears to be identical except for the steering setup. I’ll start the build thread for the rat rod soon I hope. Still making decisions and trying to get space in the garage. It is over 100 degrees here daily now, too hot to work outside. | |
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| Subject: Re: Type 1 or type 2 Craftsman steering box? July 11th 2021, 11:26 pm | |
| Oh, I am going to stretch the frame between the transmission and console, to make room for the wheelbarrow tub and add a section in front of the engine for the front axle to be extended and the front end to be lowered. Hence the need for two frames. I wanted to use the same material for the extensions. | |
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| Subject: Re: Type 1 or type 2 Craftsman steering box? July 12th 2021, 2:58 pm | |
| the type 2 steering box has always been easyer to turn in applications but the type 1 steering has always held up longer for me but the type 2 steering is not has hard to turn and you can turn them faster | |
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| Subject: Re: Type 1 or type 2 Craftsman steering box? July 14th 2021, 10:34 am | |
| I'd say whichever steering box has less slop would be the one I'd use. AYP is notorious for steering play, mostly because people don't grease the teeth. | |
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