Bolens 760 steering gears wearing out

bertsmobile1

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IF you have something to hang the mower from, drain the fuel tank & remove the battery.
Remove the mowing deck.
Lift the mower up by the front axel till it is standing on its bum.
Most tractor typr mowers will sit like that quite stable.
Take some photos of the steering gear at full lock in each direction & centred.
Also some pickies of the worn out pinion gear & fan gear.
There are some very experienced eyes on ths list.
Dont bother trying to do photos with the mower on a jack, they just do not work we need to see the whole lot in one hit and it needs to be in focus.

It is very hard to understand how the gear can strip out in one use, something is drastically wrong.
Even a gear with no heat treatment would run for a few years.
 
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