This has been sitting all winter. I started getting it spring ready and found that it is leaking oil out of the steering column. Any thoughts on the cause?
b2150 hst
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Billdog350
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Kubota L3710 HST,L2230A QT,forks,Takeuchi TB125, 60" Luck Now pto Snowblower
Your B2150 has power steering right? Has the machine been left outdoors? Uncovered?
On your machine your power steering box is located at the base of your steering column. There is a rubber bushing at the top of the column but it gets worn quickly and doesn't do a good job of blocking out water and dirt. Water gets down along your steering column and freezes, ruining the seal at the bottom of your column and allowing hydraulic oil to come out and up the tube.
To solve the problem, you will need to remove the steering wheel, unthread the steering tube, and replace the seal at the bottom of your column, where the "dry" tube meets the input steering shaft. Hope that your shaft isn't rusted and pitted. Hope that your bearings aren't bad in the steering box.
In the future, you may want to drill a medium sized hole at the bottom of your steering tube to allow water to seep out and not sit in there and cause damage. That tube is not supposed to be full of fluid.
On your machine your power steering box is located at the base of your steering column. There is a rubber bushing at the top of the column but it gets worn quickly and doesn't do a good job of blocking out water and dirt. Water gets down along your steering column and freezes, ruining the seal at the bottom of your column and allowing hydraulic oil to come out and up the tube.
To solve the problem, you will need to remove the steering wheel, unthread the steering tube, and replace the seal at the bottom of your column, where the "dry" tube meets the input steering shaft. Hope that your shaft isn't rusted and pitted. Hope that your bearings aren't bad in the steering box.
In the future, you may want to drill a medium sized hole at the bottom of your steering tube to allow water to seep out and not sit in there and cause damage. That tube is not supposed to be full of fluid.
Thank you so much. I'll pull it and check when I get home. It hasn't been outside since I've owned it. The gentleman that I bought it from was a great BS artist, so it probably did with him.
Not uncommon at all. Mine was doing the same thing, found the column tube literally full, standing in hydraulic oil. Replaced that upper seal (down below the column), problem solved. Not a difficult job at all.
Billdog350
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Kubota L3710 HST,L2230A QT,forks,Takeuchi TB125, 60" Luck Now pto Snowblower
Friendly Foe, not sure how long your local dealer has been around, or how long the mechanic/salesman had been dealing with Kubotas....
Kubota's are reliable machines overall but there are small issues with various models. The steering shaft leak on a power steering B2150 is "not uncommon"...maybe they didn't sell many of those or they weren't in business when those were made (20+ years ago).
I had a B2150 steering box on my B9200 and it had the same issue....
Kubota's are reliable machines overall but there are small issues with various models. The steering shaft leak on a power steering B2150 is "not uncommon"...maybe they didn't sell many of those or they weren't in business when those were made (20+ years ago).
I had a B2150 steering box on my B9200 and it had the same issue....