steering box
On my 1450 I had to pull the steering because of over 90 deg. of free play on the wheel. I found that the screw was gouged and chipped. To speed things up I bought some bolts and cut the heads off and tapered the end to fit the widest part of the groove. I then cut the rest of the groove wider with a dimond wheel in my drill and smoothed up some of the worst of the sharp chipouts. When putting it back I didnt like the metal on metal of the drive flange so I cut a piece of snow carpet [plastic] and put it between to reduce friction. I got to try it when I mowed the lawn and I would say that it was almost as good as my power on the Ransomes. Two fingers for most of the steering. I hope that it will last for a few years but time will tell. I really dont see any need to put the Nice bearing on at this time.
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