While making a hard left turn the front left tire jammed against the mower body and I had to put it into reverse to straighten it out. Now the mower will not turn to the right. I can turn the tires by hand when there is no weight on it, but it will not respond to the wheel. There are no obvious broken links.

The bar was the first thing I checked. It is fine. The problem is that the steering wheel maxes out where the column spindle meshes into the teeth under the gas tank. I think it must have slipped due to wear. It has plenty of more teeth to turn to the left, but not to the right. The question is, do I remove the column splindle, or the teeth it joins up with in order to recenter the steering shaft? How hard is that to do? Do I have to remove the mower deck? I tried to remove the tooth plate, but I am afraid I am going to round off the nut heads by working blindly by feel while tring to hold the the top side of the nuts still so they don't just spin around without loosening. I have cosidered attacking the nuts with an angle grinder, but sparks near a gas tank kind of scare me. I know that I can remove the gas tank if I to. The bar was the first thing I checked. It is fine. The problem is that the steering wheel maxes out where the column spindle meshes into the teeth under the gas tank. I think it must have slipped due to wear. It has plenty of more teeth to turn to the left, but not to the right. The question is, do I remove the column splindle, or the teeth it joins up with in order to recenter the steering shaft? How hard is that to do? Do I have to remove the mower deck? I tried to remove the tooth plate, but I am afraid I am going to round off the nut heads by working blindly by feel while tring to hold the the top side of the nuts still so they don't just spin around without loosening. I have cosidered attacking the nuts with an angle grinder, but sparks near a gas tank kind of scare me. I know that I can remove the gas tank if I to.

Remove and recenter the teeth.Yes,it is kinda hard.You will have to remove the hood and gas tank.That will give you access to the teeth. Remove and recenter the teeth.Yes,it is kinda hard.You will have to remove the hood and gas tank.That will give you access to the teeth.