Ditto Savagedrover.
I have worked on SO many lawn tractors over the years so I feel comfortable telling you this is probably normal. These aren't precision machines, they're stamped metal decks and mostly plastic machines so there won't be adjustments like your car or a commercial machine might have. There may be one or even one tie rod adjustment for each side, but these are all built with a price point in mind as well as the idea that they are big, cumbersome, not easily controlled, imprecise machines so they're designed to have a high positive camber, (the tops of the wheels angle out farther than the bottoms,) and a LARGE amount of toe-in, (the fronts of the wheels point in at eachother), to assist in maneuvering these cheap hunks of Chinese quality. I really wouldn't worry about it, just get the wheel as centered and straight as possible, anything as far as toe or camber past an inch I'd worry about something being bent MAYBE or jut out of "alignment" but if they, when sitting still, are all approximately less than an inch in either of these directions and close to some sort of symmetry, then that's just normal and these other posters are just making you more worried than you need to be. These tractors support their weight, a close to 90lb engine, your weight, are rear wheel drive, have to move and cut grass simultaneously, AND steer, so the geometry is pretty exadderated to make turning and maneuvering easier. This is why they come with steering wheels
Oh, bull.! dont listen to these ppl. its a simple fix, there is a metal rod going from one wheel to the other..( tie rod). it is too short. depending on where you bought it.back room . idiots slap them together, roll them out..dont adust anything..or you bought it in a box. and did it yourself. either way.rod is too short. if round.has two adustments. one at each end.unbolt ,each end from wheels.line up wheels.(by sight). till they look straight ahead. now hold rod next to holes. screw the rod apart till it reaches the holes. reinsert same way you took it off tighten locking nuts..now!! if the rod is flat metal.(no adustments)...they used the wrong one.get the model num. and depending on how old it is..under warranty..get the right one for your mower..dont need wheels or axles..just the proper rod lenth..
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Of course they are. The company sent you the wrong bearings.
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they should just nock out with a hammer and punch
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check the oil does it smell like gas the needle valve is not seating and gas over flows the carb and dumps it into the crank case
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1) The tie rod between the front wheels is bent or the adjuster nut has come loose.
2) The plastic wheel bearings have gone to sh*t on either or both sides
3) The steering knuckles were never greased and their bushings are shot to sh*t.
4) The front tires have come off the rims
5) The front axle beam has been bent
Find a small engine repair shop in the yellow pages and have a person with know how put his eyes and hands on it, you will know within a few minutes what is wrong.
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If this is your front end, I'd say you probably bent the linkage rods. 61 & 62.
Most alignments start with the steering wheel centered, bring the closest wheel in to alignment, then work the other one in. Again, on these the links often get bent.
You are correct. there is an adjustment for the wheels. The front wheels are connected to the steering by tie rods, as in a car. This kind of adjustment is not found in a user manual, but you can do it. Inspect how the wheels are connected and inspect the tie rods. The tie rods have to be disconnected from the wheel and turned in or out depending on which direction the wheel needs to go ,in or out. One tie rod is right hand thread. The other is left hand thread. So the adjustment is making the tie rods shorter or longer. If you do a search on the web ' riding mower tie rod adjustment', you'll find plenty of info.1,923 views
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