Power Steering Repair

Power Steering Repair FARM SHOP Handy Hints Minnesota handyman Ken Sprick did a double take when he heard that repairing the power steering pump on his 35-year-old 990 David Brown tractor would cost $500 or more “That was way more than I wanted to spend ” says Sprick “So instead I figured out a way to repair the hydrostatic pump with off-the-shelf parts ” Sprick bought a hydraulic pump from a local retailer and built brackets to mount it on the tractor “It worked for awhile ” Sprick said “but it wasn’t supplying enough oil to the orbital valve ” Sprick then replaced the orbital valve with a new one that he bought at another retailer “Plumbing it in wasn’t the easiest job in the world ” Sprick says “especially since it needed a small oil storage tank ” Instead of purchasing a new tank Sprick used an existing stainless steel tank from a small submersible water pump that he bought at an auction “I welded some fittings on the tank plumbed it to the valve and it worked really well ” says Sprick “The whole set up cost me only about $200 so I thought it was a very economical repair I’ve probably got the only stainless steel oil reservoir in the country ” Sprick says When he mounted the homemade system on his tractor he used a spring-loaded idler pulley on the belt that drives the pump Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Kenneth Sprick 59565 390th Ave Zumbro Falls Minn 55991 ph 507 753-2337; ksprick@centurylink net

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