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What tractor model are we talking about here? A two-cylinder? Narrow front? Wide Front? If it is a two-cylinder,narrow front, the thrust bearing gets a good workout and you need to inspect that when you go in. If it's a wide fornt, the thrust bearing gets virutally no load. Does it look like Deere two-cylinder power steering fluid? It is not your typical, or should not be your typical power steering hydraulic type fluid, but instead is about the weight of 40 or maybe 50 weight motor oil. The bottom seal is not a conventional lip and spring seal, but an o-ring along with a paper backing ring, and what I have seen occur is that the o-ring does not so much go bad as it gets hard over the years and the shaft sort of polishes a flat on the ID, and the leaking starts. That repair takes a bit of time, especially if it is your first time through one, but not much in the way of parts, BUT, as you are probably used to hearing, once you have the pedestal off and torn all the way down for that o-ring, it would be a shame of you didn't replace the vanes seals, and then work your way up. Deere used to sell a kit of parts, but it included some things that you normally do not need, so it seems it is actually cheaper to go through the parts book and just order what you need item by item. It's nice to have an engine hoist or similar lifting rig to handle the pedestal. It is a bit awkward to remove by hand, though I can attest, it can be done. Frank
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