Searching for part for a Craftsman 917.387620 mower.
I have had this mower since probably 2001. Loved it. Very light, easy to move around, and would start on the first pull every time. About 5 years ago a part on the wheel broke and since I was kind of desperate I bought a used Toro and shoved the old one under a crawlspace. I never like the Toro. Took at least 5 hard pulls to start, it’s heavy, small wheels and the propelled wheel doesn’t help much.
Today I decided to pull the Craftsman out. It’s got a lot of rust but easy to clean up. I put some gas in it, gave it a pull and it started right up and ran fine. Couldn’t believe it, after 5 years outside. Anyway, I took a good look at what is actually wrong with the wheel and I think I figured it out. I think it’s really just the height adjustment lever. So I started looking around and all I can find is some rusty ones on eBay. All the parts places don’t seem to have them in stock anymore.
Just wondering if anyone knowledgeable around here can help. I’ll attach a few pictures. If you could help me figure out if I got the part right, if the part is available somewhere, or if I’m completely wrong. As to the issue, the wheel really just moves up and down freely. I don’t see anything broken besides the pictured bracket.
Thanks for any insight, I would love to get this old thing going again.
First picture close up of the loose wheel.
Second picture is the broken height adjustment lever
Third picture is what I think is the replacement part
Fourth picture is the mower, the left rear is the issue, as you can see it’s just bottomed out right now.