BX Owners -- ANOTHER Front End Question

   / BX Owners -- ANOTHER Front End Question #1  

Rimmer

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Location
Lower Ohio River Valley
Tractor
Kubota BX23, Ford 8N
BX Owners -- how much side-to-side play do you have in your steering cylinder? Not in the tie rods, etc, but in the main rod that comes out of the cylinder itself?

I have noticed that mine has maybe 0.010" to 0.015" of play in it -- enough that I can actually feel it "clunk" when I shake the tractor from side to side with the FEL off the ground, or when I wiggle the front wheels, for that matter. You can actually see the seals moving with the rod. I called my dealer yesterday to ask if this was normal, and he came out today to look at it. He said he would check with a Kubota tech and see what the specs are, and if needed would install shim washers to take up the slack, or replace the whole cylinder if necessary.

BX23, 29.9 hours.

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   / BX Owners -- ANOTHER Front End Question #2  
Mine has a little more than 1/8 of an inch, It's almost like it's not "tight" in the mount, but there's no way to remove the play.
 

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