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Sat, May 12, 12 at 22:12
| This mower is two years old and very well cared for. Today the steering shaft pinion suddenly disengaged from the sector plate gear teeth. I found that the bolt holding the sector plate gear plate onto the steering plate (that's what the manual calls them) was loose and tightened it.
A little while later, same problem, even though bolt is still tight. All the pieces seem to be there, but teeth won't stay engaged. Is there anything to adjust?? All suggestions appreciated! |
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| one SWAG - would look for a worn pivot hole or bushing where that "loose" sector gear. may have lacked lubrication. If further surgery or replacement is necessary, prolly best to replace both the pinion and the gear at the same time... |
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| Check for wear to the shoulder bolt that holds the sector to the steering plate and check that the holes in the plate and the sector gear itself have not worn (elongated). This is another situation where a little wear here and a little wear there on multiple parts of an assembly can add up to a lot of sloppy fit..........even though each individual part may not actually look very worn itself. There is also the support bushing for the steering column pinion gear.......wear to it would also add to the total of cumulative wear of all parts in the assembly. |
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