kevlar
New member
Hi I'm new here and need some help. I have 4430 that was leaking oil from the steering column. Took it apart and it has a fairly large steering control valve on the end of the column. Took it to a John deere dealer and they said it would take about 8 hours to rebuild it and that it was fairly difficult to get all the adjustments set. So I tried a wrecker to see if I could get a used one. (because 8 hours at $120/hr, ouch!!) I got one but it is just a small valve about 8 inches by 5 inches by 3 inches thick. I put it in but have absolutely no steering at all now!!! I'm wondering if the new valve will work on this type of tractor or am I missing anything? I've looked around and noticed some discussions mention a metering valve under the hood, pretty sure there isn't one this tractor. Please help!!!! I need it to push snow and it keeps snowing every day!!!!!