Goose
Well-known Member
I bought an M several years ago, and I've never used it as much as I could because it steered harder than you'd expect.
I thought the U joint in the steering shaft from the steering wheel to the gearbox might be binding, so I pulled the hood few days ago. The U joint was OK, but the upright arm that holds the bracket with the bushing that the shaft goes through had been broken sometime in the past and someone had done a botched up welding job on it. The weld was cracked again, and the whole thing was out of kilter to where the bushing was seriously binding on the steering shaft.
I put some auto body shims in the bracket so the bushing was aligned better and it steered much, much better. I then went up to Northeast Tractor Salvage in Lyons, Nebraska and got a whole different casting for $75. Which is today's project.
I still can't figure out how that casting could have broke in the first place, short of an accident of some sort.
I thought the U joint in the steering shaft from the steering wheel to the gearbox might be binding, so I pulled the hood few days ago. The U joint was OK, but the upright arm that holds the bracket with the bushing that the shaft goes through had been broken sometime in the past and someone had done a botched up welding job on it. The weld was cracked again, and the whole thing was out of kilter to where the bushing was seriously binding on the steering shaft.
I put some auto body shims in the bracket so the bushing was aligned better and it steered much, much better. I then went up to Northeast Tractor Salvage in Lyons, Nebraska and got a whole different casting for $75. Which is today's project.
I still can't figure out how that casting could have broke in the first place, short of an accident of some sort.