Steering adjustment...toe in or toe out?

[Ronno6]

I have a Huskee 14AR808K731 garden tractor which I am calling good old #88
Dale Jr. seems to always have the complaint "can't get no forward bite" describing a push condition.
I have the same complaint with my mower.
Turn the wheel (just pretty much rebuilt the steering) and old #88 doesn't want to turn.
It has always been thus.
Is that a shortcoming in the design, or, should I be adjusting the toe in/out?
It is set pretty much neutral now.

What can I do to make this critter turn tighter??

 

[reynoldston]

Looks like its made that way. MTD mower with 2 drag links fasten to a gear and steering spindles.

 

[Ronno6]

I also own a 13AZ604H063 Huskee 46" rider with identical steering setup, but has smaller tires/wheels (15X6.00X6 vs 16 x 6.5 x 8 )
and it turns on a virtual dime compared to the 54 incher in the original post.

Could the larger wheels/tires cause such a dramatic difference in turn radius?

 

[reynoldston]

Could something be wrong with the steering gear so you aren't getting full travel of the gear? Have you got steering stops that can be adjusted? I don't understand how tire size would make much different but maybe?

 

[Ronno6]

I get full travel in both directions, and it is equal to both sides.
It will turn wheels so far that the inboard wheel comes close to the frame.
I'm thinking that maybe I need to adjust i a little toe in, so the outboard wheel turns a bit more.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Have you tried dropping the tyre pressure a little ?
Get a low 0 - 40 psi tyre pressure gauge from a pushbike shop ( don't know why mower shopd don't bother to stock them )
You can also get them from farm machinery outlets if you are out of town.
You need one like this so you can make accurate adjustments,
Start at 14 psi then drop it in 2 psi incriments

 

[Ronno6]

I'll give that a shot.
Thanks.........

 

[reynoldston]

Have you tried dropping the tyre pressure a little ?
Get a low 0 - 40 psi tyre pressure gauge from a pushbike shop ( don't know why mower shopd don't bother to stock them )
You can also get them from farm machinery outlets if you are out of town.
You need one like this so you can make accurate adjustments,
Start at 14 psi then drop it in 2 psi incriments

They call them low pressure tire gages. You can buy them in most auto parts stores here. I bought one at Wal-Mart not too long ago. They go from 0-20 psi. 14 psi is way too much for lawn mowers, when I do a service on a customers mower I never go over 8 PSI for tire pressure. I only put 3 to 4 PSI in ATV tires.

 

[Ronno6]

Good information.
Thanks!