jticknor
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- Feb 15, 2021
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- Location
- Travelers Rest, SC
- Tractor
- I have an orchard MF 135 and a MF 50C Backhoe
Ok, I have a 74 (or 73?) MF 135 orchard. Diesel. A couple weeks ago I was tilling my garden and busted a power steering line on the left side from the piston to one of the fittings under the steering column. Had my hydraulics shop make me a new hose (actually just went ahead and replaced both on that side). Bled the system out, I used a pureguard "premium hydraulic fluid j20c and quatrol approved" that a local MF dealer sold me that I was of the understanding would be used for power steering.
Here is a link to the fluid: https://omnisp.sharepoint.com/sites...eguard/Technical Data Sheets/PDSs&p=true&ga=1
Cranked it up, used it to till my garden. Probably was on it an hour or so. No real problems, other than the steering being maybe a little stiffer than it used to. Got on it yesterday to use my box blade and now the steering is much more difficult. Basically when I turn my wheel smoothly, evenly, i get short jerky responses from the pistons, as in I move the steering wheel fairly fluidly from 12 to 3 oclock and i got no movement from the pistons, then an inch or so jerk, no movement then an inch or so jerk, if that makes any sense? Bled everything again, topped off the reservoir, no difference. Did i do something wrong or is this one of those situations where you fix one thing and something else breaks because of it? I'll try to add a video to see if that helps.
Here is a link to the fluid: https://omnisp.sharepoint.com/sites...eguard/Technical Data Sheets/PDSs&p=true&ga=1
Cranked it up, used it to till my garden. Probably was on it an hour or so. No real problems, other than the steering being maybe a little stiffer than it used to. Got on it yesterday to use my box blade and now the steering is much more difficult. Basically when I turn my wheel smoothly, evenly, i get short jerky responses from the pistons, as in I move the steering wheel fairly fluidly from 12 to 3 oclock and i got no movement from the pistons, then an inch or so jerk, no movement then an inch or so jerk, if that makes any sense? Bled everything again, topped off the reservoir, no difference. Did i do something wrong or is this one of those situations where you fix one thing and something else breaks because of it? I'll try to add a video to see if that helps.