HD Switch -Improved Adjustable Steering Drag Link Kit for 436884 436885 & (2) 436887 Husqvarna Craftsman Poulan Pro 532436884/532436885/532436887, 583513301/583513401/583513501 +Plus Sector Gear Caps

Quality parts at a good price. Was easy to install and I like the ability to adjust steering and tow in/out on front wheels. kit came with every piece needed. Would recommend this product.

Great product. Good fit.

These are definitely stronger than the old ones. Easy to install.

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Wanted to give 5 stars, but went with 4 stars because I had to shorten the draglinks by grinding off 1/4” at adjustment end because it would bottom out before I could shorten the link to adequately bring the wheels into alignment. Tractor is a 2012 model year Craftsman GT6000 with 26HP Kohler v-twin. Do not think you are going to accomplish this install in just an hour or two. I repair all types of landscaping equipment. This job on a 11 year old tractor required pneumatic tools to bust the nuts free. Thought I could do job with mower deck in place to save time. But had to pull deck off the tractor to have the access to the sector plate which has 24mm nut and 19mm bolt. Plate had to come off to remove nut holding on the inner end of draglink. Removal of old and install of new links to forward pivots and spindles was straightforward but nuts were not coming off with hand wrenches. Need battery powered impact wrench if you are lucky or air tools in my situation. The new linkage looks solid and well made. It will probably fit most of the models it is advertised to fit. But not the Craftsman GT6000. After my modifications everything works like new.

Worked great, no issues. Takes about 45 mins to an hour to install.

Installation was pretty easy. The plastic covers are useless because you can't get a wrench on the backside to hold while tightening the nut on the other side. I just threw them in a drawer for maybe a future use.

I would not buy this again. It's a neat concept but it doesn't have enough range of adjustability. I had to modify and cut short the draglink to correct a toe out condition after installation. And the 3/8" threaded adjustable end doesn't seem strong enough to handle the forces being exerted on it, only time will tell if it holds up. If it does than I will have been proven wrong but next time I'll buy OEM.

the ball joint ends are metal to metal contact and wont last any better than the factory supplied junk. the threads in the ends of the rods are not tapped deep enough to enable the rods to be shortened to remove toe out on the wheels. the rods cant be adjusted for length on the mower but have to be constantly removed at the front steering arm. The crimps nuts used on the ball joint ends are really 1-time use but you have to remove them several times to do wheel alignment.

i like these and work well.. During installation one lock washer squeezed out for some reason... All in all I am happy with the purchase and they did help me align the very common toe-out problem due to slight bending of wheel axle spindles, but these actually really do need to be able to adjust to be shorter than can only get presently... They only adjust about 1/4" or so shorter than the factory original and they should really be able to adjust at least 1/2" shorter or longer as needed ... I was adjusted as short as could go that these allowed and the wheels were still toed out a bit but can now drive it at least.. the actual spindles 3/4" shaft must be bent slightly even though they don't look like it and I do wish they had bigger 1" shafts to overcome this... too bad we can't get a newer updated spindle that comes with 1" axles and bushings or bearings to convert the front wheels to..

Package arrived super quick. All the parts were first rate, not an easy job but the quality parts help get it done.

easy to install glad that the main link are adjustable made it easy to adjust the wheels

Finally got around to installing these, had them for 3 mths. They were fairly easy to install, as my mower was the Craftsman Pro, they were not an upgrade as the description states as heavier duty, they were the same size metal. 1 of my old ones was bent so they were a needed replacement. however the tierod end adjustment needs to be re-engineered, they only provide Toe Out, . . . most people need Toe In, and with these screwed all the way in they dont provide the necessary Toe In, the rods need to be slightly shorter with more length in the Tie Rod adjustment.