Not everything I do is art. I like fixing and hacking things. There is no greater joy than fixing a $100 part with a $1 hack.
I recently had a drag link (tie rod) pop off its ball joint on our John Deere L120. After over 500 hours of mowing on rough terrain it was bound to go sometime. A lot of the fixes I found on the web required welding or brazing which I am not set up for. Besides, that would burn off the grease on the ball joint. I saw a hack using a double wire hose clamp, but they are hard to find and rather pricey on Amazon.
This is my version using a common band clamp, and it should work on just about any Rider Mower’s Drag Link, and it looks like it could last for years.
