Pete, what you said below confuses me. The s. wheel is hard to turn
and the tires have not reached near their limit. It seems that a
short time ago, I could rotate the s. wheel easily but I am not sure
if the engine was on or off. Regardless, the tires didn't turn.

Yesterday, with the engine running, I loosened on of the fittings on
the cylinder and fluid came out then, I rotated the s. wheel and more
came out.

I shot you an email.

Joe


On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:27:17 -0600, "Pete C."
wrote:


justme wrote:

So, there is no bout a dought it at this point, it is the steering
valve?

It's something like 99% probability. Bad seals in the steering cylinder
could let the steering valve freewheel, but you shouldn't ever have the
steering wheel hard to turn until the wheels move to their limit if it's
a load-reaction type of steering valve, and not even then if it's a non
load-reaction type.

I will have to get a rebuild kit as I am retired and have
never seen ~ $500 bux for a new valve, in a long time.

I would expect a rebuild kit to be under $50. I believe the one for my
Deere 500C was.


This is going to be a job but so long as I have you guys as mentors, I
will go ahead.

It's a bit tedious, but as long as you are organized it's not that bad.


Can I dig a ditch for you in return?

No ditches needed at the moment. I did dig a few back when I had the big
old 500C, but I sold that when I moved. I now have a nice little Kubota
B7100DT but no backhoe attachment yet, perhaps I'll build one
eventually.