YM226D Power Steering Rebuild

Neat 1500 · Aug 6, 2016

I believe it is no good to you the way it is at the moment so it needs to be tried. If it is damaged and can not be used then you will have to set it up for manual steering. I don't see any other way to go about this being a rare option.

clemsonfor · Aug 6, 2016

Or fab something up, off a JD or Kubota or something. It can be done. Something for a similar size tractor and something that can take the volume of the pump.

Neat 1500 · Aug 7, 2016

clemsonfor said:
Or fab something up, off a JD or Kubota or something. It can be done.

No doubt it can be BUT it depends on how much you really want PS?

California · Aug 7, 2016

Neat 1500 said:
No doubt it can be BUT it depends on how much you really want PS?

Just speaking for myself - power steering is such an improvement for my use that I would pay what it takes to repair or replace mine if I ever have to.

Yesterday is an example, I was towing the watering trailer all over the orchard watering new trees at random spots between mature trees. Its near harvest so there are props holding up many limbs, this means lots of extreme turns to get to each tiny new tree that is next to, or between, trees with props. On slopes steep enough that I have to be cautious that the heavy trailer won't jackknife me sideways down where I don't want to go. It feels like I have the steering at full lock left or right 1/3 of the time. This is disced, soft ground so the resistance to steering is considerable. It was exhausting on the prior Yanmar without PS, this present PS makes a huge improvement in how much I ache after a day of watering. Think of these two photos combined: (1) (2).

Not everybody zig-zags around like my application but for me PS is a night/day improvement.

Neat 1500 · Aug 8, 2016

California said:
Just speaking for myself - power steering is such an improvement for my use that I would pay what it takes to repair or replace mine if I ever have to.

Oh yeah for sure. If it wasn't so expensive and me around the other side of the world I'd fit it to my 1500 in a flash! When I have a busy tractor day my arm's are tired from steering it.

clemsonfor · Aug 8, 2016

I'm here in the US and that new kit that Hoye developed is cool but I just can't see spending that kind of money on it.

California · Aug 8, 2016

Typical application where power steering is helpful: zig-zag down a slope to water new trees. A few hours of this on the prior tractor was exhausting, tugging on the wheel making tight turns in soft ground.

clemsonfor · Aug 8, 2016

All that bare ground amazes me! To get that lititle Gras around here I would have to spray herbicide 2x a year!

California · Aug 8, 2016

Normal is no rain Easter to Thanksgiving, no herbicide needed. Discing late spring to turn the grass under is all that is needed.

It's an old California joke you can only sell rural land to newcomers in the winter and spring when everything is green, because the dry summers don't look right to an Easterner.

Sorry Smoody, I didn't mean to pull your thread off-topic. Any news?

clemsonfor · Aug 8, 2016

California said:
Normal is no rain Easter to Thanksgiving, no herbicide needed. Discing late spring to turn the grass under is all that is needed.

It's an old California joke you can only sell rural land to newcomers in the winter and spring when everything is green, because the dry summers don't look right to an Easterner.

Sorry Smoody, I didn't mean to pull your thread off-topic. Any news?

It will come full circle again!! Hahaha

How the heck do the apple trees produce or grapes of there is so little rain?