Posted by Mike (WA) on May 29, 2013 at 09:26:07 from (69.10.199.42):
In Reply to: 550 steering posted by J U on May 27, 2013 at 10:08:02:
Its probably in the steering box itself. Water tends to run down the steering shaft into the box, rusts out the lower bearing so the block with the recirculating balls can move up and down the shaft with enough clearance to lose some of the balls; meanwhile, the rollers from the disintegrated bearing are moving around in there too.
Don't use the tractor until you fix it- IIRC, the balls at the top of the nut are for the left side steering, so you've lost enough of them that its steering hard to the left. When enough balls are moving around freely in the steering box it will bind up, and the steering will lock, with even more interesting results, especially if you're going down the road in 6th gear.
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