I’ve had my MF35 for 4 years now, and it’s avgreat machine for mowing and tedding hay. The problem, however, is that the “power” steering has never worked right. Normally, I wouldn’t be too bothered, but I fractured several bones in my hand a few months back (cow stepped on it during milking), and so cranking real hard on the wheel like I have done in the past isn’t really an option. Need to figure out a solution.
There’s two issues, seemingly interconnected. The pump, near as I can tell, is functioning, and I replaced the fluid right after I got it. However, the power assist only assists in the first 25 degrees on the wheel in either direction. After that, the pump just whines and steering is super heavy, as if manual steering is all I’ve got .
The other issue is that I experience ”death wobble” frequently, and without warning. I now just keep a foot on the back of the steering shafts to keep everything from wobbling too badly.
There’sa correlation here. The death wobble can obviously be corrected by tightening up the steering shaft adjusters on the column itself. However, if o get them to the point where wobbling stops, then I have no power steering. Conversely, if I loosen them up, I have power assist lock to lock (albeit the steering wobbles so bad it’s unuseable).
I’m almost to the point of breaking down and buying a new column. I don’t want to , but I need the tractor to work for me , and the current steering is just not cooperating with my hand. Any advice?
There’s two issues, seemingly interconnected. The pump, near as I can tell, is functioning, and I replaced the fluid right after I got it. However, the power assist only assists in the first 25 degrees on the wheel in either direction. After that, the pump just whines and steering is super heavy, as if manual steering is all I’ve got .
The other issue is that I experience ”death wobble” frequently, and without warning. I now just keep a foot on the back of the steering shafts to keep everything from wobbling too badly.
There’sa correlation here. The death wobble can obviously be corrected by tightening up the steering shaft adjusters on the column itself. However, if o get them to the point where wobbling stops, then I have no power steering. Conversely, if I loosen them up, I have power assist lock to lock (albeit the steering wobbles so bad it’s unuseable).
I’m almost to the point of breaking down and buying a new column. I don’t want to , but I need the tractor to work for me , and the current steering is just not cooperating with my hand. Any advice?
