[AT] now Power Steering

[Steve W.]

Greg Hass wrote:
> Another "cheap" idea that might work is the  power assist cylinder from 
> an earlier 303 IH combine. The later ones used a completely different 
> system. One end of the cylinder mounts to the frame of the combine ( or 
> in this case the tractor) and the other end fastens to the steering rod. 
> A internal valve controls the cylinder and gives you power assist. It 
> could run off the tractor or would probably work best with an old car or 
> pickup power steering pump. I'm always amazed at the things people 
> figure out. A few years ago I was at a tractor show and there was a 
> Farmall A with  a front blade. The plain A's had no hydraulic at all and 
> no extra pulleys to run a pump, but this guy figured it out. He had 
> replaced the generator with an alternator. This is the part that amazed 
> me. He put on an alternator the ran with a double pulley. There was only 
> one belt to run the alternator but he used the other grove in the pulley 
> to run a power steering pump to lift the blade. An idea I would have 
> never thought of.
>         Greg Hass
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That is the same style power steering used on Cub Cadet garden tractors 
and many of the larger garden tractors by other brands as well.

-- 
Steve W.