Tractor Woes - 10/03/23
Couple years ago, I bought a used tractor and it came with a front end loader and 6' bushhog. Noticed the clutch was slipping a little, but figured I could adjust it. I was wrong! I dont have a shop set up to break a tractor apart, so I got a friend that works on tractors on days he's not at his job, to change the clutch for me. Gonna cost me, but not nearly as much as a dealer.
But that aint all.....
Tractor has power steering, but not like any I've seen before. Instead of having hyd. cylinder(s) on the steering arm(s), this tractor has a cylinder assembly that sits crossways just behind the front axle. No hyd. lines running to the steering sector. Anyway, while bushhogging last week, the steering hung up, while turning left and climbing up out of a ditch. I rocked the tractor back and forth and finally the steering unlocked, but then I had about 1 1/4 turns of slack in the steering wheel. Ok, steering sector gone bad.
A friend has a 3600 he is parting out, and online it says the steering sectors are the same. So I pulled the one off his tractor, but when I took it to the shop, they are not the same. Fellow that is putting in the clutch had the covers off my tractor and I got a good look at the steering sector. Come to find out, it has the same steering sector as my old tractor that doesn't have power steering. So today I pulled the one off my old tractor.
When the other parts come in, hopefully today, I should have everything needed to put the tractor back together. If everything goes smoothly, we can put the tractor back together in a day.
It's been a pain in the wazoo, but it's still a whole lot cheaper than a new tractor. Besides, all I do is a little bushhogging around the place and disking for the garden.
But that aint all.....
Tractor has power steering, but not like any I've seen before. Instead of having hyd. cylinder(s) on the steering arm(s), this tractor has a cylinder assembly that sits crossways just behind the front axle. No hyd. lines running to the steering sector. Anyway, while bushhogging last week, the steering hung up, while turning left and climbing up out of a ditch. I rocked the tractor back and forth and finally the steering unlocked, but then I had about 1 1/4 turns of slack in the steering wheel. Ok, steering sector gone bad.
A friend has a 3600 he is parting out, and online it says the steering sectors are the same. So I pulled the one off his tractor, but when I took it to the shop, they are not the same. Fellow that is putting in the clutch had the covers off my tractor and I got a good look at the steering sector. Come to find out, it has the same steering sector as my old tractor that doesn't have power steering. So today I pulled the one off my old tractor.
When the other parts come in, hopefully today, I should have everything needed to put the tractor back together. If everything goes smoothly, we can put the tractor back together in a day.
It's been a pain in the wazoo, but it's still a whole lot cheaper than a new tractor. Besides, all I do is a little bushhogging around the place and disking for the garden.