Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Long time lurker, first post.....

Anyway, have a husky 10530SBE (2 -3 years old) and the deflector cable broke at the eyelet.  Any ideas where to order one (from the comfort of this chair..) or am I better off picking one up from a local place ---- asked for a ballpark price and they quoted $45 - $50.  But they did say that they would need the serial to quote an exact price.

Thanks

That's a ridiculous price for a control cable.  I'd pull the cable off and take it with me to a motorcycle shop.  Chances are that they'll have something close enough that you can modify to do the job of the original.  I bet it won't cost you $20.00.   

Agreed, I was figuring $25 or so at the most...

Think I'm gonna modify it slightly for the time being just to get it through the season.  First of all, it shouldn't have broken --- only used for about 15 - 20 hours.  Second, they claim that it is the actual control assembly, not just the cable -- don't know if this is indeed true as I haven't taken it apart, but if this is the case then it's a piss poor design....

Anyway, thanks for letting me know that I'm not that crazy and / or cheap for thinking that this price was a bit high...

EDIT :  the part number they gave me was  532-19-84-75

twankster wrote:

Jacks gets $42, so they weren't far off.  Never dealt wih these folks but they have it for $25-- and a diagram to boot;

http://www.partstree.com/parts/?lc=husqvarna&mn=HL+1027+STE+B+(954633545)+(2004-09)&dn=26100005

Jim

elbrecht wrote:

That's much more reasonable.  I'd buy there for sure. 

Nothing disgusts me more than gouging.   It's a known fact that the service/parts departments of dealerships is their gold mine.  It's not uncommon for parts to be marked up from 30% to 500% depending on how greedy the dealer is.    Don't get me started on the $80.00 to $100.00 per hour shop rates being charged to have chimps "fix" your machine.  It pays to shop around and to learn to do as much maintenance as you can.  Anyone who walks into a dealership and pays  their exorbitant  rates for a products available elsewhere at  a fraction of the cost is missing an opportunity to save money.