Steering arm repair, a short diversion

[DMedal 1]

I was almost done with 2nd pass with cultivator and about to take the tractor in to try out my homemade tiller pulleys when this happened:

I know it doesn't look much like a steering arm, but that's what it was yesterday. Sorry, I don't have a picture of a non-broken steering arm, if I'd be done with garden work by now. You can't maybe see it in the picture, but there are major cracks in the socket part of the ball joint. I really wasn't being real rough on the steering at the time. About 2/3s of the crack was old and rusted so I guess this was just time. Spring planting being rush up time I took it to a friends and borrowed his wire-feed welder:

(Bottom View)

(Side View)

(Top View) I'm thinking it won't break in that same spot again. It will break somewhere else. After work I'll put this back on. I'm optomistic: It will fit I'll get my cultivating done before rain. The homebrew tiller pulley will work first time Overnight someone will swap my LL for a Powermax. yeah

[firefoxz1 4]

That's a lot of weld. I think your safe in assuming it won't break there again.