jpowell86
Member
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2010
- Messages
- 44
- Tractor
- 2003 Farm Pro 2430
Hi all! This is my first post ever on here. I bought my first tractor about 1 month ago. It is a used 2003 Farm Pro 2430 with Koyker 160 FEL. It was a trade in at a local new holland dealer. There was some minor things like electrical wiring being out of sort and not hooked up. The tach/hour meter being a couple things that weren't hooked up even. I hooked them up shortly after I got it home. I've put about 21 hours on in since I've had it. Everything seemed to work great until a couple days ago. I was working the tractor pretty hard running into rocks and moving quite a bit of dirt. My steering seemed to get quite hard. Now steering the beast is really only capable when the tractor is moving. When I turn to the left sometimes it works fine but going back the other way it doesn't really do good at all.
There is plenty of oil in the resevoir and in can hear the pump trying to work when trying to steer. Before this happened i used to be able to continue turning the steering wheel to the left without it stopping. Since it seemed to start acting up I actually hit the stops in both directions. I'm hoping it's only a simple rebuild on the front steering cylinder. I don't want to have to replace the pump or the power steering gear as they all it in the parts list.
Can anyone offer me a some knowledge or info that may help me to fix my issue?
There is plenty of oil in the resevoir and in can hear the pump trying to work when trying to steer. Before this happened i used to be able to continue turning the steering wheel to the left without it stopping. Since it seemed to start acting up I actually hit the stops in both directions. I'm hoping it's only a simple rebuild on the front steering cylinder. I don't want to have to replace the pump or the power steering gear as they all it in the parts list.
Can anyone offer me a some knowledge or info that may help me to fix my issue?
