RE: (ET) Acquiring E15 - Questions

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

I also got into a 'hard to steer' mode.  Remove the acess panel in front 
of the seat below the steering wheel.  Make sure the gear is BETWEEN the 
teeth, not ON the teeth.  Somehow mine got on top of the teeth and stayed 
there for a week.  It was REAL hard to steer.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Richardson [mailto:lrichard jbc edu]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:38 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Acquiring E15 - Questions



Has anyone fit a larger steering wheel (3/4" shaft)?  I want my wife to
>enjoy driving this tractor, too.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Andy

 From Lee:

Hey Andy:

I think somebody has already mentioned this but I'll do it again for 
emphasis.  One of the few maintenance jobs I do on my tractor is grease 
the 
front end.  If I let that go the steering gets noticably much harder.  It 
always amazes me how much difference it makes on ease of steering.  (It's 
easier to grease it if you jack the front end off the ground a little.)

Also, check the alignment.  I ran my tractor (one front wheel) into a tree 
once and bent one of the pinion (?) bolts, which made it harder to 
steer.  Adjusting the tie rod fixed it.