Re: B275 Steering Q's

Posted by Derek Broerse on April 24, 2005 at 09:43:37 from (206.186.115.242):

In Reply to: Re: B275 Steering Q's posted by Michael Soldan on April 23, 2005 at 17:50:30:

Hi Mike,
I think your thinking matches my own--the word I was missing from my description is 'binding'! It feels like it is stuck but I can force it past... thats why I figured it wasn't just normal heavy steering.

I have not actually measured the alignment yet (and with all the rain and sitting in the field I don't want to bring it up the fresh gravel! My old man would kill me!) nor have I confirmed tire sizes--I did notice that one was a Goodyear and the other was another brand, but both were fairly new looking. For the loader work I should probably inflate the fronts harder anyways.

To me, it seems between the loose axle and loose steering box that there is a lot of free travel in the steering which may be putting the balljoints under extreme travel and stresses under the right circumstances... and this may be indeed where the binding is coming from.

I pulled all the front zerks out that weren't taking grease and cleaned them out. They are all ok now, but the spindles themselves seemed weird. While the zerks were out I used a scratch awl to poke around in the hole where they had been--there did not appear to be any sort of hole of groove for the grease to travel in. The grease fitting basically opens into a blank piece of steel. Could the spindles be mixed left to right or something? There should be a groove but even moving the steering from lock to lock I cannot locate one thru the holes.

I ended up ordering a manual thru this website--they list a 300+ page book in 12 sections--sounds an awful lot like the binder I was bidding on on ebay. Maybe its a reproduction of it? Their descriptions are quite vague. Including shipping it was still cheaper than what I bid on ebay (it came to $59 here). I have my fingers crossed that it is a useful book.

Good news, though. I have seen a red tractor hood-high in the weeds about 3 blocks from my house for many many years without moving. Recently, it was dragged by another tractor (on flat tires) closer to the road so they could put in a new vineyard. Sure enough, now that I can get a little closer to it (and see the side profile instead of the rear) it is indeed a B275 diesel. I am in the process of trying to find out who actually owns the farm. I'm still about 35 feet away but can still read the faded decals... it appears to have been joined by a Ford 600--probably the tractor that pulled it there. Wish me luck.

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