[AT] Fw: 350u power steering

[toma]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 oldiron62 at gmail.com wrote:

> everyone for the help on this problem that was in front of me. Not that 
> it is fixed, but that it is closer to getting there. What I ended up 
> doing was search many online junkyards without any luck. Then I clicked 
> on ebay :-) Did a 350U search with the pdf that Mike sent me along with 
> my IT repair manual for ref.

>From recommendations from the guys on this list, I bought a 350 U a while 
back. It has some problems and is still not up and running yet.

The brakes were stuck when I bought it. I took them apart and found tha 
they just need cleaning up. Then I found out the steering box was screwed 
up. A tooth was broken off the sector gear. I have learned from the YT 
list that most of these tractors with power steering and a loader end up 
having this problem. Used parts are out there but very pricey. I ended up 
making a new tooth by building up with 7018 rod. This has been done by 
others and has worked out. I still have not got it put together yet.

Anyway to get to your problem. I think what you are looking got is called 
a flow divider block. It consists of a flow control valve, regulator 
valve, and safety valve. There is a bank of 4 valves on the side of the 
transmission case. The flow divider valve is the inside one in the rear.
Maybe your tractor has one already and you just need to tap into it.

I am looking at the book for the Steering and Front axel assembly. There 
is also a book for the power steering. I ordered my books from Binder 
Books, I think they are $8.95 each. Also I learned from the YT guys that 
all parts breakdowns for all IH equipment are online at CaseIH.com. This 
stuff is kind of hard to access with my old computers but on a good day I 
can get to it and print them out.

Hope this helps,

Tom