When it snows, it pours... b8200 steering help!

[fatjay]

Steering went limp tonight. Took it all apart and found hte issue. Problem is, the diagram on the kubota site is not what my steering looks like! Can anyone help? i need replacement parts.

This piece goes into the steering shaft which turns and moves the square block up and down. I think it's #8 on the list but the parts list doesn't even list a part number for it.

Tractor is a b8200 HST 4wd.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

What you have to buy is the whole assembly, they do not sell just the ball nut or just the shaft.

P/N 66301-41300
It's discontinued from Kubota, but you can get one here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Kubota-...-DP-B8200HST-EP-HST-MODELS-ONLY-/191477858614

 

[Tooljunkie]

I believe the reasoning is the pieces are fitted/lapped to one another. So a new part would likely not fit.

 

[fatjay]

Thanks for the link and info. The one on ebay, though, it doesn't include the bearing, so you'd have to take it apart to put the bearing on?

I managed to weld mine back together. Not sure how long it will hold but it's only taking vertical stress so hopefully it will work. I debated welding them together, but it was close to the bearing, and I didn't want to damage that. Also I didn't want to do anything to permanent until I got more info.

Of course there's 6" of snow on the ground now too, so I had to get my other tractor out and ready, so I didn't have much time to mess with it last night. So much for final preparations.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Yes you would have to remove the roll pin to install the bearing.

I wish you luck on your weld, normally not much success is had with welding a hardened part and having it hold up.

Get a new one soon as the chips and pits in the screw section and the bearing races will lead to it's downfall at an accelerated rate.

 

[fatjay]

I didn't put it back together right, the screw part slid right into the block. For the price of the rod I can get a whole new assembly for a hundred more, so I may do that.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

I didn't put it back together right, the screw part slid right into the block. For the price of the rod I can get a whole new assembly for a hundred more, so I may do that.

Make sure the assembly is for the B8200 HST and not the B8200 D as they have 2 different steering boxes for that model, and they are not interchangeable.