Wheel Spin When Turning the Mower

Moxostoma

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I bought a used HRX217K6VKA. The adjuster arm wouldn't move so I removed the adjuster plate and greased it. Now it moves smoothly.

I don't know if I did something wrong when I serviced the adjuster plate, but the wheel spin is weird. When I back it up, both wheels roll anticlockwise. When I turn left, both wheels roll (in opposite directions). When I turn right, though, the left wheel rolls but the right wheel is locked. When I go up a rise, especially when the grass is wet, the right wheel spins in the grass so I have to push the mower up the hill. Also, when I first push down the select drive control, the mower jerks to the right. Is this the way this mower works?
 

Moxostoma

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OK, so I took the wheels apart again and found that a pinion gear was facing the wrong way. A diagram I found here that said how the punch marks should orient was wrong for my model.
 
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