steering went out on bx2230. Figured its likely the steering cylinder O ring that seems to problematic. Took steering cylinder off and I had problems removing one of the tie rod ends ( one with the flat at the end).
tried a lotta ways to remove including heat which obviously wasn’t a good idea as it ruined the plastic cage/bearing between the housing and the ball. Ended up just taking the cylinder with one tie rod end still attached to local machine shop and they rebuilt the cylinder with the tie rod still attached. They tried to remove it with presses and other tools but said they eventually stopped as they were concerned they were going to hurt the cylinder shaft.
so now i need to figure out a way to take care of the “slop” between the ball joint and the housing. You can pull the ball outwards an 1/8 of an inch and I hate putting it back on the tractor as I don’t want to have to deal with replacing the tie rod end again in a year or so. The real problem is that I tried removing tie rod with no luck and a machine shop with much more sophisticated tools tried to remove without success.
I found the following in another thread, but I am not sure if they are discussing the same thing Im having issues with. Look at the answer provided in bold lettering.
Do you think this “strip” is replacing that plastic bearing/cage ??? If so I need a little help in undrstanding how to keep that strip in place. Any ideas.
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Because this is a tractor and not an automobile, I'll give you a cheat to not buying a new housing to fix it.
Take a aluminum can and cut a short strip the width of the taper fit, and either one or two wraps of that strip, should get you large enough to fix the taper.
tried a lotta ways to remove including heat which obviously wasn’t a good idea as it ruined the plastic cage/bearing between the housing and the ball. Ended up just taking the cylinder with one tie rod end still attached to local machine shop and they rebuilt the cylinder with the tie rod still attached. They tried to remove it with presses and other tools but said they eventually stopped as they were concerned they were going to hurt the cylinder shaft.
so now i need to figure out a way to take care of the “slop” between the ball joint and the housing. You can pull the ball outwards an 1/8 of an inch and I hate putting it back on the tractor as I don’t want to have to deal with replacing the tie rod end again in a year or so. The real problem is that I tried removing tie rod with no luck and a machine shop with much more sophisticated tools tried to remove without success.
I found the following in another thread, but I am not sure if they are discussing the same thing Im having issues with. Look at the answer provided in bold lettering.
Do you think this “strip” is replacing that plastic bearing/cage ??? If so I need a little help in undrstanding how to keep that strip in place. Any ideas.
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Because this is a tractor and not an automobile, I'll give you a cheat to not buying a new housing to fix it.
Take a aluminum can and cut a short strip the width of the taper fit, and either one or two wraps of that strip, should get you large enough to fix the taper.