RickB
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Do they always stay 180 degrees apart?
Centering Steering Wheel
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Do they always stay 180 degrees apart?
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That is funny .......... if they're screwd down at 180 apart I bet they do stay that way ......... even with the wheel a spinnin.:laughing:
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Thank you guys......I never cease to be amazed by the amount of KNOWLEDGE out there. I really appreciate all of your inputs to my ignorant and occasionally plain dumb questions:2cents:
No question is dumb because only a few of us claim to know it all,:laughing::laughing::laughing:
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AND...... recognize that most of us asked the same questions at some point in time .........
thavil
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Good call SARG! Since they are both screwed down, they stay 180 degrees apart. They will vary in position but with having two, one should be in a fairly comfortable position.
As others have already mentioned, there is no dumb question. I asked this same question two years ago and this is why I have two spinners.
Tollster
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Nothing to really do with centering the wheel, but it never hurts to adjust the toe in on the front wheels. Mine was out after 200 hours. Its been a while since I did it but got it within 1/8", meaning hey are sligthly toed in at the front. It was fairly easy using the remainlng rubber casting remains that are typically found running circumferentially in the center of each tire as a zero reference measuring point. Take that distance measured from the back of each tire, then check it on the front of the tire, measuring right side to left side 180 out. Wouldn't hurt to have a helper. Also make sure the front is unloaded, (bucket down).
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While probably not technically the best thing to do, you can adjust where the steering wheel is in relation to the wheels.
Put the wheels straight, and see which way you want the spinner to move. If the spinner is too far to the bottom right, you you need to turn the wheel clockwise.
Turn it all the way clockwise, and it will come to it's stop. But then just hold it there, and you will feel it creep further around very slowly.
Spin it back to centre, and see if your adjustment has worked.
I only bother to do this when I am going to be going in lots of straight lines and I want to be able to put my feet up a bit
It will tend to stay in the right position until you start swinging the wheel around wildly again (like during loader work) - mainly when you hit the stops, but there is an element of drift, which is worse on some tractors than others.
My experience is of mainly bigger ag tractors - but it works on the little Kubota lawnmower too
Put the wheels straight, and see which way you want the spinner to move. If the spinner is too far to the bottom right, you you need to turn the wheel clockwise.
Turn it all the way clockwise, and it will come to it's stop. But then just hold it there, and you will feel it creep further around very slowly.
Spin it back to centre, and see if your adjustment has worked.
I only bother to do this when I am going to be going in lots of straight lines and I want to be able to put my feet up a bit
It will tend to stay in the right position until you start swinging the wheel around wildly again (like during loader work) - mainly when you hit the stops, but there is an element of drift, which is worse on some tractors than others.
My experience is of mainly bigger ag tractors - but it works on the little Kubota lawnmower too
