doxford jim
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2007
- Messages
- 1,007
- Location
- British Columbia, Canada
- Tractor
- 1959 MF-65 sold, 2007 Jinma 554 diesel.
Hi,
Some of you may know that I had a steering failure on my 2007 Jinma 554 tractor about four weeks ago - the left front wheel steering knuckle broke at 30 hours, where the power steering cylinder rod end bolts on to it. Well today, I had a second failure of the replacement part, which broke after just six hours of use.
I was clearing snow (piled from passing snow plows) at the entrance to my property on the highway when the **** thing broke. A job I do all the time with my 1959 2WD MF-65 and have never had a problem. Today I used my 2007 4WD, 55hp utility tractor and it broke - aw s--t!
Sorry, but I am a little p----d off at what happened. When I put the new replacement part in, I was careful and made sure that the tierod was straight, the toe in was within specs and all joints tight. The snow clearing work I was doing was exactly what I would do with the old Massey and yet the new Jinma part failed - bang, just like that.
I am sure that there has to be either a material problem or a design fault. A cursory glance at what I could see gave me that the tie-rod was bent, the end parts loose and one steering connection loose. This is not rocket science and a major steering component failing frequently is not on.
Incidently, I replaced the tie-rods and ends on the old Massey two and half years ago, adjusted as per specs (toe-in etc) and have had no problems - on a tractor nearly 50 years old.
I will cool off overnight and have a good look tomorrow. I am sure the problem has to be material and maybe design geometry or similar.
Anyway, I was able to get the tractor off the highway, up the drive and into my workshop - took me two hours to do it though. That is a big plus in itself as I was working on my own again
Will update you guys as things come to light.
However, any of you out there that already have, or have ordered the new Jinma 554 tractor - be careful of your steering components. Especially the left front wheel steering knuckle. My first broke at 30 hours, the second at 6 hours.
Jinma is going to get a lot of emails at photographs from me - I can tell you.
Jim
Some of you may know that I had a steering failure on my 2007 Jinma 554 tractor about four weeks ago - the left front wheel steering knuckle broke at 30 hours, where the power steering cylinder rod end bolts on to it. Well today, I had a second failure of the replacement part, which broke after just six hours of use.
I was clearing snow (piled from passing snow plows) at the entrance to my property on the highway when the **** thing broke. A job I do all the time with my 1959 2WD MF-65 and have never had a problem. Today I used my 2007 4WD, 55hp utility tractor and it broke - aw s--t!
Sorry, but I am a little p----d off at what happened. When I put the new replacement part in, I was careful and made sure that the tierod was straight, the toe in was within specs and all joints tight. The snow clearing work I was doing was exactly what I would do with the old Massey and yet the new Jinma part failed - bang, just like that.
I am sure that there has to be either a material problem or a design fault. A cursory glance at what I could see gave me that the tie-rod was bent, the end parts loose and one steering connection loose. This is not rocket science and a major steering component failing frequently is not on.
Incidently, I replaced the tie-rods and ends on the old Massey two and half years ago, adjusted as per specs (toe-in etc) and have had no problems - on a tractor nearly 50 years old.
I will cool off overnight and have a good look tomorrow. I am sure the problem has to be material and maybe design geometry or similar.
Anyway, I was able to get the tractor off the highway, up the drive and into my workshop - took me two hours to do it though. That is a big plus in itself as I was working on my own again
Will update you guys as things come to light.
However, any of you out there that already have, or have ordered the new Jinma 554 tractor - be careful of your steering components. Especially the left front wheel steering knuckle. My first broke at 30 hours, the second at 6 hours.
Jinma is going to get a lot of emails at photographs from me - I can tell you.
Jim