How To Fix Steering On John Deere (L, LA and D Series) Riding Mowers
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- If your mower no longer turns when steering the wheel, or just turns one direction, then you may need to replace the steering pinion and gear.
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Very smart video, better than any other I've found, spot on details were so very helpful.
Amazing video! Thank you for the clear instructions. Now off to the barn to try and duplicate your directions.
I think the purpose of the alignment bolt is so you can line up the steering wheel to the steering gear without having to remove the wheel. Also a little heavy grease on the new gears (pinions and steering is usually recommended by the manufacturer. In fact I would have used grease rather than WD-40 as a lubricant. WD-40 is a decent penetrating oil but lacks in the lubricating department.
WD 40 will just dry up quickly and disappear
...grease the pivot points...not the gear teefs...✌️
So if your steering wheel inverted as the gear stripped, you are saying to turn to align it with the bolt before connecting?
@@rstroud3279 Set the steering wheel straight before inserting the steering column into the pinion gear.
Glad you gave out the tools needed looking for them is the worst part thanks for the vid
Hank, I'm glad I found your video. It's the most through out there. I really appreciate you taking the time to video the installation and commenting on each step.
And people like you and your words of encouragement are why I keep making them because I know that they help people a great deal glad you enjoyed
I take my battery out and put plastic wrap under the fuel cap then tilt mower on its side for any under carriage work. Much easier. Make sure you support the mower well though.
This was all quite helpful. When replacing mine, the pinion was absolutely frozen onto the steering shaft. Had to borrow a 2ton parts-puller from autozone to finally work it off. Turned an hour and a half job into a day and a half job. Hope I don't have to do this again anytime soon!!
Big mistake putting in the Plastic Bushing. Get the Brass Oil-lite type.The Pinion (small) gear can be inverted as the use area is not centred. Saves buying a new one. Sometimes you have to drill through that pinion gear. If you are handy, you can carefully cut unused sections of the old sector and weld it to the top of the sector in the wear area. Bring them a bit to the rear to allow for the angle of the Pinion. It helps a lot if you put the tractor on ramps.
If you did it right you don't have to remove the steering wheel. Now grease kingpins (spindles).
Great Video Sir.
Yes you do because as the gear strips the steering wheel will be at some weird angle. You have to get the wheel back to the right position once you get the new gear on. Mine was inverted almost 180 degrees when it started stripping.
@@rstroud3279 Straighten the wheels and Steering wheel before you put the gear on the shaft!
Thanks for this video I really need it. Was mowing the back 40 and everything was going good for about an hour then all of a sudden it became harder to steer cause I would turn the wheel but it wasnt catching. So I inspected it as good as I can and the only part I was feeling not working right was with those exact pieces especially the star type piece on top of the other pieces. So now I can't finish mowing if I cant turn. Im not mechanically inclined but this was easy to figure out. Guess it wore down over the years and decided to shit the bed when I was mowing.
My pinion gear is totally stuck! What the hell?? Yours slid off pretty damn easy😂
Thank you very much for this video!. Excellently filmed you helped me a ton.
My LA135 is fixed
Note, make sure your main transmission belt is in good shape before you put the steering wheel assembly back together, or you will have to take some of the parts back off to put a new drive belt on
Thank God I watched this. I was about to crush mine right up with the fucking skidsteer😡. Thanks alot man.
I like the 'good enough for me' comment, thanks for the video
Thanks Great video. Much appreciated.
Thank you for posting this
Great video my friend!!!!
Amazing how easy you made this impossible task for me.
I bent the steering link bumping a tree. I dont know why JD didnt make one of the links adjustable for toe out. It woulda been helpful.
There's an aftermarket accessories... That way you can actually get your tires lined up
Thanks much easier going into it
Is there another bushing higher up on the steering shaft? Great video. Would love one on older Craftsman GT's if possible. Notorious for needing steering replacements
Yes... That's why it came with two plastic bushings. You have to take a Dremel and modify to make the bushing fit there's other videos on that.,.
Excellent tutorial! What is the part number?
Thanks Hank!
Brutal with the impact tool...
That’s what she said
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Thank you for this video. It is very helpful. About the new parts. I looked at the Amazon non OEM parts, but comments stated that OEM is made of hardened metal, and Amazon non OEM are made of aluminum. Given the design of this steering system, aluminum is NOT the way to go because the steering gear and pinion are going to wear out extremely fast, and then you have to do the job all over again.
Can you comment on how your non OEM Amazon parts have held up? Thanks.
@@odiumpugnator472 in the 2 years since this repair everything has held up fine.
@@hanksgarage_ Thank you for the update. I'm wondering how those parts fail so quickly on some JD's and not on others like yours?
Are the steering gear and pinion that you used made of hardened steel, or aluminum?
I honestly don’t remember
Thank you so much !
Thanks big time with the video.
Thanks for the video
THANK YOU! :)
i had to cut mine in 2 places to get it out but i have a new shaft anyway
Was this repair for excessive slop in the steering? Mine is super hard to turn. I was thinking it could be bushings or ball joints.
Yea it had a lot of slop
10:35 Aligning Steering Wheel
Thank You, very helpful. Noticed gauge on side of mower, what is that for?
That’s just a voltmeter
Can we grease that part up with marine grease would that keep it working longer?
Honestly any grease is good grease.
@@hanksgarage_ Just remember, grease an oil are magnets to dirt and grass. Grease the pivot points, not the gear teeth. Little on the plastic\steel bushing.
I just my mower straight up with maybe a little slack removing material underneath when straight up with a slight rear lean ...steering plate and cog gear is easy to replace no need for removing all the extra pieces and gear mounting plate that was removed...👌👈
Are you saying you didn't need to remove the deck or the plate?
So. The algnment bolt has no nut on the backside?
Do your front wheels lineup perfectly straight or are they towed in. I'm trying to figure this out on my mower as I have a used one
They should be straight sorry man
Mine is a LA145 (2006) and it is slightly different.
I cant get that gear on the bottom to come off for nothing.I,ve had it off before to change the drive belt and it came off easy then with a pry bar but now it wont.Guess i,ll have cut the shaft in half i have all new anyway dont know why it refuses to budge now.
Now you see why grease or anti-seize on the shaft before putting the gear on is a good idea. Do this for wheels and anything that may need to be replaced in the future. To remove the gear, heat the gear only after spraying with penetrating oil, put the nut back on the shaft about 3\4 of the way and pound on the end of the shaft. May be useful to have another person pull up on the steering wheel at the same time. Couple of good whacks should do it.
Do you have to take the hood off to do this job? I just ordered the parts from Amazon, Thanks very much
I did this job without taking anything apart but the steering.
@@jor-d5640 You mean no deck or cover removal?
Have you ever checked your left and right wheel spindles for wear? I’m curious how much steering play I am getting from mine
I replaced the bearings several years back, I recently had the wheels off and didnt notice anything bad
We’re did you order the parts
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I wonder how much to have someone do this for me. Too complicated for my tiny brain.
I can’t get my metal bushing off… help?
There's a little "C" clip holding it in there.
You do not have to pull off the mower deck to do this job
Technically you don’t have to do anything but it sure makes it a lot easier and I had to take the deck off anyways to do something else
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Now u need the poor man's power steering.
You mean one of the spin knobs for the steering wheel?
@@hanksgarage_ no,the flat roller bearings u use.look on tube poor man's power steering.
Great video but might be a little beyond my skill level…..
shit , have an lx 277 had it forever now but if i dont hold the wheel alllll the way to the right this sucker will not go straight . cant take the deck off it is so bent . oh well .
when i goes ill leave it where it lies and sell it i guess.
Something you can do to get a bit more life out of it is flip over the pinion gear.
Yup definitely would help in a pinch
The pinion gear on my JD has splines on the top and not the bottom
@@hankarnold5947 If you drill it out on just that end it will work
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When you aligned the steering wheel, was that just so the center cap is in position? The wheels looked straight when you did it, i just replaced steering plate, pinion gear, spindles and drag links, the tires were straight until i drove it, drove good but one tire was way out when i parked it, any suggestions on what caused that? And also new drag links are adjustable but i don't have any room to adjust it, they seem like same length as old ones.
Thanks
Thank you great video.