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Power Steering Added To Deere B Loader Tractor
Kenny Brandt, 32748 I. Ave., Hubbard, Iowa 50122 (ph 641 864-3283): "My John Deere B loader tractor, which is equipped with a narrow front end, steered hard. The conventional way to add power steering would have been to add a power steering pump and belt-drive it by adding a double pulley to the fan shaft. But to do th
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Power Steering Added To Deere B Loader Tractor TRACTORS Modifications 26-5-39 Kenny Brandt, 32748 I. Ave., Hubbard, Iowa 50122 (ph 641 864-3283): "My John Deere B loader tractor, which is equipped with a narrow front end, steered hard. The conventional way to add power steering would have been to add a power steering pump and belt-drive it by adding a double pulley to the fan shaft. But to do that I would have had to remove the gas tank and radiator.
"Instead I replaced the original generator with a 12-volt alternator and mounted a double-grooved pulley on it. I went to a junkyard and found an old Pontiac power steering pump, which I mounted on the opposite side of the tractor using homemade brackets. It drives off the alternator. Then I mounted a Charlin hydraulic motor on the tractor's steering shaft, just in front of the steering wheel. I drilled a hole through the steering shaft and bolted the motor to it. Hydraulic hoses run from the pump to the motor.
"I bought the pulley new and spent about $25 on belts. I already had the Charlin hydraulic motor. My total cost was only about $75. Now I can steer the tractor with just one finger, even with a load on it. "
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