The spring lever on my right front wheel broke and I got a replacement part, but I can't get the bolt out of the Height Adjustment Plate. The threads are too big for the hole. Somehow the bolt was inserted through the plate during manufacturing, but I can't figure out how. I have tried "unsrewing" the plate from the bolt, but that is stripping the thread and I don't want to do that b/c I won't be able to bolt the wheel to the mower body.
Any tips on how I could separate these two parts so I can put the new spring in between the bolt head and the plate?
Here is a diagram of the mower. I am talking about parts 76 and 79.