Okay, this farming with old equipment is going to give me an ulcer!
I was finishing plowing the headlands on one of our pasture fields this afternoon and driving on plowed ground. I his a frozen clod (big one) and the front right wheel turned completly to the right (almost 90 degrees). Then my steering would only work to the right and no action to the left.
After some cussing and kicking, I noticed hydraulic oil dripping from the rear end. Upon closer inspection oil was flowing at a rate of 1 drop ever 1 to 2 seconds. I limped back to the barn and sprayed it with brake cleaner for a better look.
The oil was seeping out of the Flow Divider where it connects to the Hydromotor line. I attempted to tighten the connection but the flow continued even when the conneciton was tight.
I removed the hydromotor line and the flow divider (frigging Year-A-Round cabs :-() and could not see any obvious damage to the line or the flow divider.
Any thoughts on what I can do to fix it other than replacing the line? The steering has been wobbly, but I attributed that to a bad steering sector arm, but that was just conjecture as I have not attacked that chore yet.
Jim
I was finishing plowing the headlands on one of our pasture fields this afternoon and driving on plowed ground. I his a frozen clod (big one) and the front right wheel turned completly to the right (almost 90 degrees). Then my steering would only work to the right and no action to the left.
After some cussing and kicking, I noticed hydraulic oil dripping from the rear end. Upon closer inspection oil was flowing at a rate of 1 drop ever 1 to 2 seconds. I limped back to the barn and sprayed it with brake cleaner for a better look.
The oil was seeping out of the Flow Divider where it connects to the Hydromotor line. I attempted to tighten the connection but the flow continued even when the conneciton was tight.
I removed the hydromotor line and the flow divider (frigging Year-A-Round cabs :-() and could not see any obvious damage to the line or the flow divider.
Any thoughts on what I can do to fix it other than replacing the line? The steering has been wobbly, but I attributed that to a bad steering sector arm, but that was just conjecture as I have not attacked that chore yet.
Jim