Unfortunately, no luck at West Kentucky. Sounds like the steering box may have been a weakness on this model. It's been discontinued from Kubota and the wrecking/salvage yards I've contacted have come up empty-handed.
Hello
I am parting out a L285 . I do have a steering box. I have not checked it out but I can. Let know if you still need one. I am in central California.
Anyone out there have a steering box for an L285? I have a customer who just called saying his steering wheel spins.....
Also, I see they are different part numbers but is there any chance a L245 box will fit on a L285? There are new/rebuilt ones for the L245 available on Ebay and elsewhere pretty reasonably.