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Topic: 8010 power steering

Posted By: Johnwilson_osf
Subject: 8010 power steering
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2024 at 6:32pm

Greetings all,

Hauling silage wagons with the 8010 this weekend, and started to have trouble steering. Tractor wanted to drift to the left, and was slow/unresponsive to turn back to the right. Eventually, I lost all steering to the right.

Reading information on the forum here, someone had a similar problem with an 8030, and the likely culprit was the orbital steering motor at the end of the steering wheel. I am guessing, that after 9000 hours, a seal has blown, or some orifice is plugged, not allowing flow to the right turn valve.

I see both used and new motors for sale online (Dealer, TractorParts ASAP, etc). I also see that there is a seal kit part number shown on the partsbook.

If this is a seal issue, I can replace the seals for less than $100. If this is a bigger problem, the motor looks to be about $700 after the core charge is returned.

What do you all recommend? Rebuilt, replace, or am I barking up the wrong tree of symptoms?

Thank you

John

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Allis Express: Eastern PA on Rt 80
8050, 8010, 6080, 190, D14, DA 6035, AA 6690, 5650, Gleaner F2

Replies:

Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2024 at 6:38pm

Re-seal the steering cylinder first. I suppose the leaf springs inside the steering control valve could be broken but I've never seen that yet. The other poster has never responded back.

Posted By: Johnwilson_osf
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2024 at 7:39am

Dr. Allis,

Thank you for the reply. I did see in the other post that you mentioned removing the hoses at the cylinder, and capping them. Then try to turn the steering wheel. If I can't turn the wheel, then it is the steering cylinder that is bad. I am looking through my hydraulic fittings to see if I have some caps for the lines, and I will test that.

Thank you

John

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Allis Express: Eastern PA on Rt 80
8050, 8010, 6080, 190, D14, DA 6035, AA 6690, 5650, Gleaner F2

Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2024 at 9:49am

Could a guy reverse the hoses on the cyl and see if the problem is still the same direction, thus pinpointing an internal cylinder leak vs a orbitrol issue? There's not really any seals inside the orbitrol , it's all sealed inside by metal precision fit.

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210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers!