Steering bx 1860

[dougtrr2]

I had a steering issue with my BX24. Like you I was told it could be either the steering cylinder by the wheels or the pump/valve?? on the end of the steering column. Not really an easy way to isolate the problem to one or the other. I took the gamble on just replacing the steering cylinder. It was much cheaper and easier to install. That fixed my problem.

The parts guy was nice enough to point out that the steering cylinder is help in place with snap rings and sometimes the issue is just that the snap ring has came unseated.


Doug in SW IA

 

[dodge man]

You can get a rebuild kit for the steering cylinder from Kubota. There is a seal in the middle that separates the right and left sides. It’s not easy to fix but not hard. With my BX the symptoms were dead steering. You would turn the steering wheel slowly and nothing would happen then when you turned it quicker it would work.