Craftsman 48 inch Plow Install Questions Answered

[@davidwagner3170]

I have a similar craftsman snow blade part# 24441. Bought used from a friend. It's all installed and lifts up and down, but having trouble engaging left and right. When I squeeze the handle connected to the cable (like a bicycle brake cable) it doesn't pull the center bar back enough to clear the bracket to shift left or right into the bracket's left and right notch. It's like 1/8" off. Im not sure how to adjust it to create more tension to fully pull back to clear the mount's pivot point. Any advice?

[@justcallmeboats]

You should be able to adjust the pull of the cable at the plow end of the cable. There should be a threaded part on the end with two nuts. One of those nuts is a "locking nut" used to hold the adjuster in place after the adjustment has been done. The other nut, is the adjusting nut. In actuality, both of the nuts work together to adjust the cable. Because the cable will stretch over time, periodic adjustments must be made. To adjust the cable so that it will disengage the locking bar far enough to swivel the blade you will first loosen the bottom nut a turn or two (you may have to loosen it a little more depending on how much you have to adjust the cable). You will then tighten the top nut. At this point you will be basically pushing the cable shielding in the up or away from the connecting point. Turn the the nut 1/4 to 1/2 turn and then test to see if you can disengage the locking bar. Repeat this process until you can retract the locking bar enough to rotate the blade. You don't want to go beyond this point because you can over tighten the cable causing it to fail. When you have just enough tension on it to disengage the lock, tighten the previously loosened nut to lock the adjustment in place. You may have an adjuster at the handle as well. Both of these work in the same fashion. Good Luck and I hope that this helps you out. If you have any other questions you can always ask through email at [e-mail] Thanks for watching!

[@davidwagner3170]

@justcallmeboats thank you!

[@jtbassgambler2594]

I love the craftsman I have 3 gt6000 and 2 gt5000

[@justcallmeboats]

Those Craftsman tractors are beasts! I love both of mine. My second one needs the steering gear repaired, and I am going to fix it like I did on my first one. I had a machine shop bullet proof it, and now I'm waiting for warmer weather to get out there to install it. It may be a month or so, but I'm planning on posting a video on it. Thanks for watching!

[@jamesastle3338]

Thanks hope a2000 works

[@justcallmeboats]

Good luck!

[@tilermissey1864]

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[@justcallmeboats]

Thank you for watching