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My left front gauge wheel is within an inch of my tire as well. That may be normal.

I was having some deck alignment issues as well when I picked mine up used. I found that starting with the deck off, then measuring from the ground to the bottom of the rear hangar holes to set the rear level adjustment gave me a good starting point, with the hangars all the way up. I then set the front hangar to the 5/8” starting point, per the instructions. Then I didn’t really have to tweak much at either location.

I will say to look at the teeth inside the rear wheel that the level lever engages. To get into my #6 tooth, I actually have to pull hard against the plastic housing to get it to engage. Almost like the tooth set is a hair too high. Normal pulling force and I can only hit #5. At #6 my blade height is about 4”, dropping .5” per tooth as I go down.