that my steering is screwed up?A few weeks ago, I was mowing the ten acres of lots I maintain with my 2N with the Woods belly mower on it. I was close-mowing around a tangle of honeysuckle and mulberry trees, trying to get as close as possible. As honesysuckle is wont to do, it had "waterfalled" back down into my mowing lane even though I had trimmed it up in April. As I ducked and pushed it aside, I emerged on the other side, and crossed the driveway (lane). My neighbor had parked his tandem trailer right on the other side, and I was on top of it before I knew it! I jerked the steering wheel as hard as I could to the left, and managed to just graze his left rear fender, leaving a rubber streak fromthe tire, but otherwise leaving it undamaged. When I pulled away, I could tell that all was not well with the tractor. The steering was really hard, and I could actually see the misalignment of the tires. After looking up and telling the neighbor (and getting him to move the *!#@*! trailer), I tried to continue mowing. Well, as you can imagine, it was a nightmare. I finally stopped, visualizing a teardown and a major project rebuilding the steering gears, but thought that I'd try a "field fix" first. I drove up to a mulberry tree, and thought at first that I'd try to bump the tire back into place. That failed. I then drove the right tire tight against the tree and turned the wheel. To my amazemant, I was able to easily turn the wheel and re-align the steering! I figured that it wouldn't last, but, two weeks and several hours later, it's still holding! Is this normal? Should I have been able to correct the damage this easily? Any ideas? (Sorry for the long post!) Ron
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