It"s quite possible you will not need to remove the press in cap. All it is there for is for access to the sector gear. Unless it is worn and needs turned you probably will not have to remove it, although it"s not hard to do if you have to.
In addition to checking the wheel bearings and everything "down below" once you have these to your satisfaction you will then to "up top" and you will see that the worm gear is in it"s own housing. Remove the worm gear housing from the pedestal and check the end play in the worm gear. If it is excessive you will remove shims from the front cap to tighten it. You will have to do this first or you will get a false reading on the play in the steering wheel. Check the wear pattern on the sector gear when you have the worm gear housing removed. Once this is done reinstall the worm gear housing being careful to save the gaskets, which are used to shim the worm gear housing to the pedestal. If the free play in the steering wheel is still excessive you can remove one shim at a time until the steering wheel has very little play in it but does not bind. Do not put any kind of sealer on these gaskets. Remove one gasket at a time until you are satisfied with the result. Also, a "farmer fix" to help on front wheel shimmy is to run about 5 lbs. or so less air in the right hand tire. This will cause the tractor front wheels to pull ever so slightly to the right which will keep a good bit of the wobble out of them. Hope this helps. Mike
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