Power Steering Issue Terramite T5C

[wdchyd]

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[wdchyd]

Another thing to consider when obtaining parts

this housing has the same casting numbers but has been machined differently for a different rotation......good reason to have the exact proper model code when ordering parts

 

[cstamm81]

I did check the pressure with no steering wheel input, and got 40 psi right off of the adapter plate. While turning the steering wheel I got 20 psi. Based on everything I am reading and hearing this plate is supposedly the culprit. It seems odd that there are quite a few people chiming on that the have this issue, must be a design flaw.
My decision becomes with a machine with 2500 hrs and an obvious hard lived life, do I tear into everything (trans, gear pump) while I am at it...

 

[patp744]

is buying this plate from TM still the best way to go ?