Re: ford 4500 backhoe steering and curl

Posted by Kporter on December 03, 2005 at 07:15:25 from (65.54.154.47):

In Reply to: ford 4500 backhoe steering and curl posted by Greg Lasher on November 29, 2005 at 15:53:39:

I also have a Ford 4500, power steering is a real weak point on these tractors. One important thing I found out with the power steering is to always add fluid with the tractor running. The power steering resevior has a o-ring seal that keeps the power steering fluid seperated from the crankcase. Filling the resevior and then starting the tractor can overpressure the steering pump and blow out the o-ring/seal and let your power steering fluid into the crankcase. Your restrictor probably came from the boom swing lines. Mine are out as well and the left/right swing is very fast. Not good if you don"t pay attention it will break the chain that swings the boom. My hoe has 20,000+ hours on it and the controls have never been adjusted for slop and still work well. It is amazing how strong the hyd system is on these old girls. If it didn"t have such conglomeration of levers to run the hoe, I could dig as fast as any more modern machine (of same hp).

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