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doxford jim
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- Joined
- Mar 29, 2007
- Messages
- 1,004
- Location
- British Columbia, Canada
- Tractor
- 1959 MF-65 sold, 2007 Jinma 554 diesel.
Hi Guys,
Just a quick note to update the situation.
I am still waiting for the warranty replacement part to arrive after five weeks - I was told it was sent by airmail, my suspicion is it went surface mail and might get to me by April
So, after getting other jobs out of the way, time becme available to do the work. I repaired the original steering knuckle and beefed it up at the same time. I didn't have the necessary parts so had to buy steel and cast iron welding rods (very expensive - Praxair 4099 I think they were).
I spent quite a bit of time getting everything ready. I drilled through the brokn part into the main body and tapped it /4"NC. Made a clearance hole in the broken part and then clamped it all together using a steel stud and nut - this allowed me to position the parts and weld without anything moving. I welded up the hole and stud (centre of smal repaired arm).
Welded the parts together and added some 3/4" x 3/4" steel bar to thicken up the turning arm of the knuckle.The job took longer than expected, but that is fine, it is now done (might do the second one as well a little later).
It is back on the tractor and I set the max. movement of the power stering to cooincide with the mechanical stops - this way I don't overload the arm . I had to adjust the powersteering cylinder rod end about three and half turns to get the adjustment I wanted. Have tried it out for an hour and everything seems good - so hopefully it will stay that way.
Anyway, I is back in business again
Have attached a photo so you can see the finished product.
Just to end the day off nicely, I managed to run over my grease gun and squash it - duh!
Cheers,
Jim
Just a quick note to update the situation.
I am still waiting for the warranty replacement part to arrive after five weeks - I was told it was sent by airmail, my suspicion is it went surface mail and might get to me by April
So, after getting other jobs out of the way, time becme available to do the work. I repaired the original steering knuckle and beefed it up at the same time. I didn't have the necessary parts so had to buy steel and cast iron welding rods (very expensive - Praxair 4099 I think they were).
I spent quite a bit of time getting everything ready. I drilled through the brokn part into the main body and tapped it /4"NC. Made a clearance hole in the broken part and then clamped it all together using a steel stud and nut - this allowed me to position the parts and weld without anything moving. I welded up the hole and stud (centre of smal repaired arm).
Welded the parts together and added some 3/4" x 3/4" steel bar to thicken up the turning arm of the knuckle.The job took longer than expected, but that is fine, it is now done (might do the second one as well a little later).
It is back on the tractor and I set the max. movement of the power stering to cooincide with the mechanical stops - this way I don't overload the arm
. I had to adjust the powersteering cylinder rod end about three and half turns to get the adjustment I wanted. Have tried it out for an hour and everything seems good - so hopefully it will stay that way.Anyway, I is back in business again
Have attached a photo so you can see the finished product.
Just to end the day off nicely, I managed to run over my grease gun and squash it - duh!
Cheers,
Jim
