AM136297 Steering Sector Gear For John Deere X300 X320 X340 X500 X520 Lawn Tractor, Replace AM136297 M151206

This is a quality product for a rigorously used component. Installing it was hellish, but that’s a JohnDeere issue not the product. Ultimately it required four hands and four eyes to reinstall. Since however, it has provided 100+ hours of much turning with a steering wheel knob around trees galore without issue.

Fit perfect on my John Deere X300. But you need to remove steering column and drop the deck. YouTube video says you don’t , Ya Right after messing around for 2hrs I decided to drop deck and remove column !! Done in 20 minutes…

I installed this on my John Deere x500 and it worked perfectly.

Ordered to repair the steering on my X320 tractor. Part shipped quickly, less than 48 hours later tractor was usable again.This part has the pivot shank welded to the gear, while my OEM parts had a separate shank with nuts and bushings.Transferred the bushings, washers and one nut over and was done in less than an hour. A couple of sockets (5/8 and 15/16) and some adjustable wrenches and socket extensions were all that was needed (oh also an electric impact wrench from Harbor Freight, since my shouler is injured). Didn't have to do anything with the steering wheel or the steering rod.OEM part lasted 17 years, this one looks fairly well made, so will see how this one holds up.

Put this on our JD tractor and works great. This part is visually different than what was on the tractor but is mechanically the same.

Perfect fit on my X500, no problems on installation. A lot less expensive than dealer part.

Exactly as described. Great quality.