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1. Norma O'Leary

   

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   9/11/2011 7:09 PM

   Something is very screwy with the power steering on my Greensking. All of a sudden it has become challenging to mow in a straight line. The machine sort of wanders to the right. You need to continually & gradually turn the wheel slightly left to keep on a straight line. i.e. When making one stripe on a green, you might have to turn the wheel one complete revolution to the left. When doing the cleanup pass clockwise, you might turn the wheel the same amount to the left as you do to the right. I know it isn't me, because I can still keep my Ford Explorer between the ditches on the highway. Anybody else ever experience this or have and ideas or suggestions on how I might correct the problem.
   
   Thanks
   Norma O'Leary
   Silver Bay Golf Course, MN

   
   
   
   
2. Torrens David N

   
   9/12/2011 9:09 AM

   We had a similar problem with our GKIV. The bolt which holds the front of the steering hyd cylinder came loose. It is under the fuel tank. Tightening it solved our problem.
   
   Dave Torrens
   Director of Golf
   Lake of the Woods GC
   Mahomet, IL

   
   
   
   
3. James Smith

   

   112 posts
   
   9/12/2011 2:09 PM

   noleary said: Something is very screwy with the power steering on my Greensking. All of a sudden it has become challenging to mow in a straight line. The machine sort of wanders to the right. You need to continually & gradually turn the wheel slightly left to keep on a straight line. i.e. When making one stripe on a green, you might have to turn the wheel one complete revolution to the left. When doing the cleanup pass clockwise, you might turn the wheel the same amount to the left as you do to the right. I know it isn't me, because I can still keep my Ford Explorer between the ditches on the highway. Anybody else ever experience this or have and ideas or suggestions on how I might correct the problem.
   
   Thanks
   Norma O'Leary
   Silver Bay Golf Course, MN

   
   
   you have fluid bypassing a seal in one of the hyd cylinders. Our old LF 3400 did the same thing and I think it was a lift cylinder that was the culprit. You have to look at everything that is in line with the stearing hyd system.