Hex Patch Bolt 710-1309

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

30-60 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Pliers, Socket set

Steering shaft gear worn

Started at the bottom, Removed the screw that held in the bottom of the shaft. Went to the steering wheel, popped the plastic cover off and removed the bolt. Then needed to remove the plastic steering cover to get the gear thru. The bottom screw was very tight , needed to remove the deck, tip the machine over, brace it and then remove the screw. When I put it back together I did not need to tip it over. Put the deck back on. DONE Went easier than I thought.

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Tool Type:

Lawn Mower

Parts Used:

Nut-flglk 5/16-18 - 712-04063

Screw-shoulder - 738-04141

Screw-hex 3/8-16 X - 710-0514

Washer-bell - 736-0331

Front Steering Gear Assembly - 617-04094

Steering Shaft, 5/8 - 738P07154

Plt-stabilizer - 783-08577A

Spacer - 750-06192A

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

1-2 hours

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Socket set, Wrench Set, Nutdriver, Sawzall

Steering shaft gear got worn down and had to replace

I had to take off the deck and the transmission pulley gear to get a sawzall in to remove the screw holding the steering shaft to the frame. After this, I had to take apart the console to remove the shaft and gear. Parts were perfect and and replacement was quick. Greatly assisted by the schematics on the site.

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Tool Type:

Lawn Tractor

Parts Used:

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

30-60 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Socket set, Wrench Set, Adjustable Wrench

Loss Of Stearing

Replaced the parts and adjusted gears.

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Tool Type:

Lawn Tractor

Parts Used:

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

30-60 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Socket set, Wrench Set

Steering shaft gear and hex flange bearing worn

Remove steering wheel
Remove cap screw remove steering shaft and worn parts
Replace worn parts
Reassemble in reverse order

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Tool Type:

Lawn Tractor

Parts Used:

Gear Asm-steering - 617-04024A

Spacer - 750-04418

Retainer Plate - 783P08577A

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

1-2 hours

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Socket set

Steering gears stripped.

Removed all steering pieces, and replaced all parts with new.

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Tool Type:

Lawn Tractor

Parts Used:

Bushing-.380 Id - 941-0475

Nut-hex Lock - 912-0431

Gear-steering - 717-1757A

Screw-shld .437 Di - 938-0141

Bearing-hex Flange - 941-0656A

Screw-hex 3/8-16 X - 710-0514

Nut-hex Flange Loc - 712-3004A

Retainer Plate - 783P08577A

Repair Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent Repairing:

30-60 minutes

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Pliers, Power Drill, Socket set, Wrench Set, Nutdriver, Adjustable Wrench

Gears just wore out.

Removed the steering column and the gears. Most parts lasted 15 years. It was time to just update a few things.

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Tool Type:

Lawn Mower

Parts Used:

Gear Asm-steering - 617-04024A

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

1-2 hours

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Power Drill, Socket set, Adjustable Wrench

Steering Shaft had stripped gear

1. Drilled out screw at bottom of Steering Shaft.
2. Removed Steering Shaft and Gear Assembly Steering and associated parts.
3. Replaced both with the new parts and screwed together with all the new parts listed and the existing good parts.

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Tool Type:

Lawn Tractor

Parts Used:

H Ex Cap Screw 5/16-18 - 710-0643

Washer - 736-0242

Nut-flglk 5/16-18 - 712-04063

Nut-flange Lk.nylo - 712-04065

Screw-shoulder - 738-04141

Bearing-flange .76 - 741-0660A

Cap - 726-0341

Screw-hex 3/8-16 X - 710-0514

Front Steering Gear Assembly - 617-04094

Spacer-shoulder - 738-04162C

Hub Cap - Black - 931-0484A

Repair Difficulty:

Medium

Time Spent Repairing:

More than 2 hours

Tools Used:

Socket set, Wrench Set

Steering column gear stripped, front axles worn our bushings

Taking everything off to get to the gear assembly including moving gas tank, top of dash, dropping the front of the deck, removing front tires...After fighting with the phillips screw at the bottom of steering shaft for an hour finally had to use torch to heat it then use the 1/2" impact to break it loose...If you follow your exploded parts list and not lose any parts this repair is just time consuming but is not that hard...

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Tool Type:

Lawn Tractor

Parts Used:

Repair Difficulty:

Easy

Time Spent Repairing:

1-2 hours

Tools Used:

Screwdriver, Pliers, Socket set

Lawn mower would not steer.

Followed directions of other steering shaft repairs.

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Tool Type:

Lawn Tractor

Parts Used:

Belt-v Type - 954-04062