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How much play is there supposed to be in the wheel?
I understand the LT steering won't be as tight as a car/truck, but how much play is there really supposed to be in these? New to LT's so I'm trying to learn as I go. I'm probably getting about 30 degrees of play in the wheel give or take.
There's a little bit of play from the steering pinion gear to the larger steering gear segment, so I figured maybe it's a bit worn and has a little more gap between the teeth than normal, so I ordered both of those. There's also a little play in the ball joints near the wheels, so I ordered 4 new ball joints. The steering shaft itself doesn't really move out of position, so the support bearing is probably ok. Am I missing a potential culprit to add to the slop in the wheel? Thanks! |
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No spec on this AFAIK but I would think as little as possible would be a good starting point.
Depends also whether you have worm gear or rack and pinion steering. As none or few (or maybe even all?) of these joints are fitted w/lube fittings there is bound to be slop somewhere along the line after years (decades?) of use and misuse not to mention downright neglect in the case of greasing and servicing Have someone sit on the tractor and move the wheel from right to left from the straight ahead position and observe the movement of all the moving parts of the complete steering assembly noting just what is moving and what is not moving. This should include the movement (of which there should be almost nil) of the axle proper, fore and aft as well as tipping front to rear along the axis of the pin as it is being actuated. I, myself prefer little to virtually no movement of the wheel in order to affect the movement of the front wheels. |
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