Steering Issue on YM2000

[Silvercoal]

Hello, all, thanks for such a great place! I've got a YM2000 with the front driver's side wheel turned out about 20 degrees when I went sideways in a ditch. I've loosened the nut on the spindle the tire swivels on, but can't figure out how to get that tire back in alignment. Am I just not putting enough pressure on the wheel or is there something else I need to do to make the adjustment? Thanks again for any advice.

 

[California]

Is the tie rod (side to side) bent?

 

[winston1]

Might have stripped key #33. FRONT_AXLE_2WD: Yanmar Tractor Parts

 

[bmaverick]

Hello, all, thanks for such a great place! I've got a YM2000 with the front driver's side wheel turned out about 20 degrees when I went sideways in a ditch. I've loosened the nut on the spindle the tire swivels on, but can't figure out how to get that tire back in alignment. Am I just not putting enough pressure on the wheel or is there something else I need to do to make the adjustment? Thanks again for any advice.View attachment 742917View attachment 742917

There are parts manuals on pages 3 & 4 for your YM2000. They are added as attachments to each post where available.

Yanmar - Model Cover Pages

YM1700 Originally a Tree Frog. 🤑 A real cheesy production logo. In a rare instance, a YM1700 Tree Frog restored to showroom new condition. This is a beauty. The machine was on a market place, the only image left in the cache to pull from. It would have been great to have more...

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Yanmar - Model Cover Pages

YM2000A The A-model is a refresh upgrade. Did the YM240 go red at this time. YM240 never went to red paint so far as I know. The Donaldson-type air filter external on the left was one year, 1981, final year of YM240, and that's the only upgrade to series 2 (headlights in hood) that I know of.

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The YM2000 came is 3 generations plus an odd YMG2000 generation that is far different.
On the engine plate or body plate, does it read YM2000A or YM2000A-A?

Grab those parts manuals, look them over and see how the front axle it put together. The diagrams are a huge help.

 

[Silvercoal]

Is the tie rod (side to side) bent?

No, not at all. It's just like I torqued the wheel just enough to make it turn in the shaft. Everything looks normal otherwise.

 

[Silvercoal]

There are parts manuals on pages 3 & 4 for your YM2000. They are added as attachments to each post where available.

Yanmar - Model Cover Pages

YM1700 Originally a Tree Frog. 🤑 A real cheesy production logo. In a rare instance, a YM1700 Tree Frog restored to showroom new condition. This is a beauty. The machine was on a market place, the only image left in the cache to pull from. It would have been great to have more...

www.tractorbynet.com

Yanmar - Model Cover Pages

YM2000A The A-model is a refresh upgrade. Did the YM240 go red at this time. YM240 never went to red paint so far as I know. The Donaldson-type air filter external on the left was one year, 1981, final year of YM240, and that's the only upgrade to series 2 (headlights in hood) that I know of.

www.tractorbynet.com

The YM2000 came is 3 generations plus an odd YMG2000 generation that is far different.
On the engine plate or body plate, does it read YM2000A or YM2000A-A?

Grab those parts manuals, look them over and see how the front axle it put together. The diagrams are a huge help.

After more research, thanks to your manuals, I've got my question more refined: How do I separate the spindle from the front axle assembly? I'm thinking of applying some heat to the crossbar to get it to expand enough to release the spindle. I'm pretty sure at this point that I've sheared the woodruff key inside the spindle. That's going to be a jammed in spindle.

 

[bmaverick]

After more research, thanks to your manuals, I've got my question more refined: How do I separate the spindle from the front axle assembly? I'm thinking of applying some heat to the crossbar to get it to expand enough to release the spindle. I'm pretty sure at this point that I've sheared the woodruff key inside the spindle. That's going to be a jammed in spindle.

Careful with the heat, there is grease in there. Do not have a grease fire on your hands.

Take the wheel off, makes for easy access.

 

[California]

Silvercoal are you sure it's not the right side where the woodruff key got stripped? That left side steering knuckle seems to still be a reasonable distance from the tire.

I just went out and looked at my YM240. The left front tire clearance to the steering knuckle is same as in your photo above. I would expect your tire to be scraping the knuckle, if the damage were on the side you photographed.

 

[bmaverick]

Silvercoal are you sure it's not the right side where the woodruff key got stripped? That left side steering knuckle seems to still be a reasonable distance from the tire.

I just went out and looked at my YM240. The left front tire clearance to the steering knuckle is same as in your photo above. I would expect your tire to be scraping the knuckle, if the damage were on the side you photographed.

Good thought.

So, lifting up the front axle getting the wheels off the ground and seeing what side has all the play.

 

[winston1]

Not every time, but many times you can place a large hammer on one side and whack the other side a good solid lick and it will loosen it. Harbor Freight Tools – Quality Tools at Discount Prices Since 1977

 

[Silvercoal]

Silvercoal are you sure it's not the right side where the woodruff key got stripped? That left side steering knuckle seems to still be a reasonable distance from the tire.

I just went out and looked at my YM240. The left front tire clearance to the steering knuckle is same as in your photo above. I would expect your tire to be scraping the knuckle, if the damage were on the side you photographed.

Well, I guess it's the right side if you're standing in front of the tractor looking at the nose. But from the seat, it's the left.

 

[Silvercoal]

Not every time, but many times you can place a large hammer on one side and whack the other side a good solid lick and it will loosen it. Harbor Freight Tools – Quality Tools at Discount Prices Since 1977

I'm thinking that's good advice. When I was tapping it before, it strikes me now I hadn't isolated the joint from the tire. I was just banging against a rubber tire ha.

 

[Silvercoal]

Silvercoal are you sure it's not the right side where the woodruff key got stripped? That left side steering knuckle seems to still be a reasonable distance from the tire.

I just went out and looked at my YM240. The left front tire clearance to the steering knuckle is same as in your photo above. I would expect your tire to be scraping the knuckle, if the damage were on the side you photographed.

I double-checked that and I swear I can't see any change in the axle and tie rod assembly at all. I zero'd out the connector rod to the steering wheel, and all is as it should be. The only change is that driver side wheel being splayed out that 20 degrees.