Re: Sloppy Steering on a Super AV

Posted by Bill Varnum on June 08, 2000 at 23:44:49 from (152.163.201.81):

In Reply to: Sloppy Steering on a Super AV posted by Phil on June 08, 2000 at 18:21:33:

I have a Farmall Super A, and the steering took one full turn before the tires turned. First, check the the nut that hold the steering arm on the bottom of the steering box, sometimes that's loose. If that's OK, you'll have to rebuild the steering box, as there is no adjustments. You have to remove the radiator and front axle to fix it. First, remove the steering wheel. Then take off the big nut on the front of the steering box, and screw out the steering shaft. Remove the axle. Remove the steering arm. Take the steering box off the axle. remove the bottom cover. My steering box had no oil in it, and the bearings were rusted nearly solid. My steering gear was very loose on the shaft, and I took it to a machine shop and had a larger keyway broached in the gear, and milled in the shaft, and I installed an oversized key, and locktighted them together. The oil seals, bushings, and bearings I removed and took to a bearing suppy company, and they matched nearly everything up OK. The old oil seals are double ones, so I bought 2 single seals for each double one, and they worked fine. The 2 ballbearing I got OK, and the upper steering shaft bushing I got OK, but the lower steering shaft bushing, they couldn't match, so I got one that was larger outside diameter, and smaller inside diameter, and machined the outside to the right size on my lathe, and reamed the inside, but it didn't work 'cause I couldn't get the inside straight enough without a piloted reamer. I ordered a new bushing from IHC for $25.00, but when I checked back with them,they had it backordered, and I didn,t want to wait and see if it came,and it was too expensive anyway, so I put the old one back in, which wasn't in too bad a condition any way.So make sure you can get this bushing before you take it out. Don't order any bearings seals or bushings from IHC if you can help it. You'll pay 10 times more from them than from a bearing supply compamy. After putting my steering box back on the tractor, it worked great! I know it cost me less than $50.00

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