I am in need of any info I can get and it seems like there is very little info available on this. I have studied and read every inch of the old post on this forum where another member was able to locate a company that built a power steering kit for this tractor. Well it seems this company no longer exist and I know kubota used to offer a kit but that too is non existent. Now I have located a very similar looking cylinder that is for sale by a yanmar tractor parts dealer but I can't seem to get them to tell me what the stroke of the rod is on their cylinder. Has anyone recently come across a power steering kit for this tractor? Or know of where I could buy at least a cylinder? I can fabricate the rest of the parts needed to install it. Any help would be greatly appreciated to make my old tractor a great tractor.
B8200 power steering
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Here's the cylinder I've been looking at but if anyone knows where I can find one the right size let me know
North Idaho Wolfman
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one fundamental difference between an B8200 and a B9200 is the B8200 did not come with factory power steering, the B9200 you could get Power steering, so with a D9200 just get the steering box for it.
That was my first thought. Using Messick's as a guide, it looks like the parts would run right at $3,000. Two of the parts are obsolete, but they would be willing to look for them.one fundamental difference between an B8200 and a B9200 is the B8200 did not come with factory power steering, the B9200 you could get Power steering, so with a D9200 just get the steering box for it.
$3,000 is too much money for my neighbor. (Trying to help my elderly neighbor who has difficulty steering).
I have a B8200 that I added power steering to in about 1995.
I went to Ebay and found a steering cylinder for a Toro mower. Also got the steering box, steering shaft and the steering wheel, and all hoses.
This was from a guy in Florida who was salvaging mowing equipment.
The steering box was fairly small. I removed the pitman arm and had the dash off. I used a plasma cutter to burn out a spot in the metal plate over the transmission to allow the box to set it. I used a die grinder to make the edges just as I wanted them, them slit some vacuum hose to line the cut with and set the box in there.
I modified the shaft I received by cutting it and then fitting the Kubota shaft to it. That way I could have the Kubota steering wheel with no problems. The entire set up was $225.
This has worked flawlessly.
I went to Ebay and found a steering cylinder for a Toro mower. Also got the steering box, steering shaft and the steering wheel, and all hoses.
This was from a guy in Florida who was salvaging mowing equipment.
The steering box was fairly small. I removed the pitman arm and had the dash off. I used a plasma cutter to burn out a spot in the metal plate over the transmission to allow the box to set it. I used a die grinder to make the edges just as I wanted them, them slit some vacuum hose to line the cut with and set the box in there.
I modified the shaft I received by cutting it and then fitting the Kubota shaft to it. That way I could have the Kubota steering wheel with no problems. The entire set up was $225.
This has worked flawlessly.
I have not had any luck with getting this going. I still have the tractor and it's been a good one. I'm tringy to build a shop right now so after I get the shop built I am going to try to revisit this project. These tractors may be small but they needed to have power steering from the factory especially if they have a loader like mine. If I ever get back to working on it again I'll defiantly post back on what I used. When I last checked on that cylinder that I wanted to use the company that sold them never had any in stock and didn't know when they'd get more. I thought about getting a steer cylinder off a case backhoe and see about mounting a vavle to it that the drag link would be attatched to. But just thinking about it is as far as I got
I made a power steering for a B8200 years ago using a power steering assist cylinder from a Massey 92 combine and a chevy power steering pump. it worked real good as I remember but I don't remember all the in's and out's of building it and I don't have any pictures!
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I added the power steering kit available at the time through Kubota shortly after I bought my B7200HST new back in the mid 80's. I paid around $900 for it. Sure glad I did since it was discontinued some time later.