How to Fill Steering Fluid Gear Box 8n Ford Tractor
FORD TRACTOR STEERING
All N-Series Tractors - Ford-Ferguson 9N, 2N, and Ford 8N
Periodic lubrication of your steering box is much, much easier than disassembling it to replace the bearings, sectors, etc. The top bearing commonly goes kickoff considering on many steering boxes it is difficult to go lubricant to that bearing. Some boxes have a make full port on the cavalcade above the dash, on others yous have to remove the steering wheel to put grease or gear oil on the summit bearing. I have even heard of some people drilling a small pigsty in the hollow steering tube and then the height bearing can be oiled by simply removing the nut and pouring oil into the steering tube. I don't call up it is a great idea to start drilling holes in things similar steering shafts myself.
If your tractor was like mine, the top bearing is already junk and y'all volition accept to dissassemble the box to supersede the bearings. When you are finished with the repairs, apply 90W gear oil, or 140W outboard motor oil, and fill it upwards. Some people recommend using "cornhead grease" to fill the steering box, only I'm not certain if that is a good idea for twelvemonth-round utilise. Anything that helps keep lubricant inside is an improvement though.
I also go ahead and pack the acme bearing with grease. I know it is going to run dry out with anything thinner, so a little axle grease may salvage it. Information technology sure won't hurt annihilation.
STEERING REPAIRS AND ADJUSTMENTS
The steering box on both the early on and tardily 8N tractors tin can be adjusted. Nevertheless, the actual problem is more often external to the steering box and/or the article of clothing has been immune to progress beyond the betoken where adjusting the steering box will practice much good. Serious problems with the steering box, that a simple aligning cannot set up, are obvious. Noises such as grinding, popping, or squealing are beyond simple adjustments, they must exist repaired.
About steering problems tin can be diagnosed while driving, if you know how the steering should work. Even at slow speed on relatively level ground the tractor should plow in either direction with ease and AUTOMATICALLY return to center from a turn in either direction when y'all release the bicycle. At that place should be a minimum of play (not more than than about two-inches) with the wheels pointing straight ahead. This is the way it should work. I have provided a very basic trouble-shooting nautical chart below. Hopefully, this will assistance bespeak you lot in the most likely direction. Worn parts in several unlike locations oftentimes crusade various combinations of these symptoms. The thought here is to brand sure all the less expensive repairs to the master beam pivot, spindles, hubs, drag links, and radius rods are performed before doing whatever more expensive work on the steering box.
Trouble = Fails to render to center
REPAIR NEEDED = Bent Radius Rod(s), Alignment adjustment, and/or worn centre axle pivot bushing.
Trouble = Hard to Plough
REPAIR NEEDED = Loose spindles, bad cycle bearings, Alignment aligning, or flat tire (sorry couldn't stop myself).
PROBLEM = Excessive play
REPAIR NEEDED = Bad tie rod ends, Loose spindles, or wheel bearings.
RADIUS RODS
Often overlooked are the radius rods. Frequently these are aptitude, and will make your tractor hard to steer or very unpredictable.
This is an extreme case, it's by far the worst-looking ready of radius artillery I've e'er seen. Radius rods get bent by hitting ruts or a tree with the front end tire. This bows the radius rods upward in the middle. Look at each radius rod from the side and from the peak. They should be as straight as possible. If ane or both of yours are bent, they tin be removed and easily straightened on a shop press. If you lot don't take a press, they can be straightened on the tractor with a jack, fleck lumber, and a piece of heavy chain. Take care, work tedious, straighten a little at a fourth dimension, and employ blocks of forest to spread the forcefulness and not crush or dent the hollow tubes. The radius rods take a bit of spring to them, so you will demand to become a lilliputian past straight, so they come back to straight. Picket every bit you release the jack after each attempt, and you will run across almost how much they spring back.
Principal AXLE Pin
The front end axle assembly pivots on a centre bushing. Excessive wear at the bushing affects how the unabridged steering system functions. The axle assembly must be held square and secure by the heart pivot bushing and ii (straight) radius rods. Even though the manual indicates the bushing can be removed and replaced from the forepart, I've always ended-up removing the entire axle and carrier from the front of the tractor and hammer the bushing out from the back side. Depending on what you lot take for tools, that may be the easiest way to exercise it. My suggestion is to salvage yourself some aggravation. If the bushing fails to move on the first try, go ahead and remove the unabridged axle and carrier, so you can bang on the back-side of the bushing with your biggest Ford tool. I usually circumspection against using too much strength. This is i example where yous can bash away with gusto and glee.
SPINDLES
Look at the summit of the spindles in relation to the summit of the front axle. When you lot put a jack under the front end and jack it up the spindles shouldn't drib down as the weight comes off. While you have the weight off the front wheels, check for side play in the spindles and loose wheel bearings. Everything should turn and spin free without being excessively loose. Loose spindles or hubs will bind when you put weight on them and be very difficult to turn. In addition to being hard to turn, the added attempt can quickly article of clothing out your steering gear.
And finally,
THE STEERING GEAR
The general condition of your steering gear can be easily checked without tools. How well does information technology work? The steering bike should turn without too much try in both directions without grinding, binding, or side play. Cheque for side to side and up-down play in the steering cavalcade past trying to moving the steering wheel. If the bearings in the column are bad, they will take to be replaced earlier attempting to adapt the sectors.
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