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  1. J

    stearing gear box rebuild tight stearing

    thanks for all the help and information related to my problem. I will try to get extra shims at my local dealer tomorrow. if they do not have them in stock I am going to order from messicks. thanks again jim
  2. J

    stearing gear box rebuild tight stearing

    thanks russ when I do get the shims I will be guessing on which sizes to put in also. the parts diagram shows 5 different thickness on the shims and I have no way of knowing which thickness the 2 shims that were on my box originally are. my guess is that I will be...
  3. J

    stearing gear box rebuild tight stearing

    thanks for the info unfortunately it will be a few days before I will be able to get more shims unless our local dealer has them. I was hoping to get mowing later today but that's how it goes sometimes. I was also wondering if some sort of gasket made of a thin sort of product would work...
  4. J

    stearing gear box rebuild tight stearing

    I have almost completed my steering gear box rebuild but I am finding that when I tighten the shaft column bolts the steering is very tight. I have put the same number of shims back in the same way they were disassembled . the steering seems fine when these bolts a loosened a little. do more...