[AJD] Lawn Tractor

[wwwayne johnson]

I think you're right Dee, all I'e seen were on pallets.  And 18 MM is a 
common size on all late model stuff.
Merle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dee Schuyler" <web22hsz at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Lawn Tractor


>I wonder, Richard  if it could have been shipped from the factory on a 
>pallet and the front axle assembled at the dealership? That would almost 
>make more sense to me?
> Dee
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard D Lotze" <rdlotze at juno.com>
> To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 4:29 PM
> Subject: [AJD] Lawn Tractor
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>> Someone might run into this problem.
>>
>> I just bought a L120 lawn tractor at a dealer overstock Auction. It only
>> had 240 hrs and yet the front tires were bald. everything else was in
>> great shape. It was going cheap enough so I bid on it and it became mine.
>> When I went to load it on the trailer it steered terrible. The wheels
>> where towed out and tight turns were impossible as the two wheels would
>> fight each other. I get it home and figured I'd adjust the drag links.
>> Wrong - NO adjustment. This model has two pre bent non adjustable links -
>> one to each wheel from the steering sector. 1st thought was that axle was
>> bent, but it is cast iron. 2nd thought is that the Steel frame is bent.
>> Straight edge says no. 3rd thought is that cast iron axle would have
>> precast camber built in and if axle was in backwards this would put
>> camber backwards thus making the drag links the wrong length. Had to take
>> muffler and guards off to get at the King pin and found Deere used a bolt
>> and nut requiring an 18MM wrench, which is not supplied in any regular
>> wrench and socket sets, and no SAE size worked and the adjustable wrench
>> rounded off  the corners. So out comes the Blue wrench (torch). So after
>> turning the axle around the wheels now are towed in and it makes very
>> tight turns with ease. THIS MOWER WAS ASSEMBLED WRONG IN THE FACTORY and
>> apparently the dealer didn't know how to fix it so he just sold the owner
>> a new one.
>> So if you have this problem you now know how to fix it.
>> Dick L.
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