Ranch King Pro Clicks When Turning Right

[HammerU]

As title suggests it will turn left fine but will click when turning right. This was given to me so I have limited knowledge on the mower. It's ran fine for a year but just started doing this toward the end of last summer and finally stopped turning right when this season started.

The video shows the problem and I'm clueless as to if it's the bottom where the teeth have dulled going right and not catching or something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ILENGINE]

Video doesn't work but sounds like the sector gear, and steering gear/shaft have worn and is now jumping teeth. Also check the bushings on the steering shaft because they get worn and allow the gears to wobble around allowing more room the jump teeth.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Get under the mower & have a look.
If you have not been lubing the steering gear & steering gear bush they will have flogged out
Because the steering gear is a strait cut fan gear it will pull in one way and push out when turned the other way, which way is which depends upon the geometry.
A simple fix but can be very expensive if the entire steering shaft has to be replaced.

 

[HammerU]

Ok, the video was set to private but that sounds about what it's doing. The washer is wobbling around more when turning right.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Under the shaft is a bush could be plastic, brass or steel.
Yours has flogged oval which allows the shaft to move away from the gear and skip.
Try a bush first , they are cheap however once it gets to that state usually either the fan gear needs to be replaced or the steering gear will have little chunks worn out so it will start doing the same thing again.
Also check the condition of the front axel pivot.
If that has flogged out, the cross member twists rather than the wheels turning which puts a grater load on the steering gear.