Farmall 450 Power Steering

Alan Sperfslage · Jun 16, 2010

I recently purchased a 450 and the power steering is sluggish/slow. I thought maybe that was just the nature of the beast until I recently sat on a 350 with factory PS which worked much better. Any advice on fixing or improving the PS?

GordoSD · Jun 16, 2010

Where are you getting your hyd pressure from?
Have you checked the tput pressure?

Alan Sperfslage · Jun 16, 2010

I have not checked any pressures.
It is factory power steering.

pete 23 · Jun 16, 2010

My question to you is , if you hold an aux valve lever on demand will it steer better. If it does that indicates that your flow divider valve is worn and leaking past the lands, common problem. If it does not steer any better it would indicate a leaking steering unit, or relief valve, or weak pump. The flow divider spool is available at CaseIH, and easy access to replace. If new spool doesn't help, then valve body is worn also and it gets really expensive to have them rebuilt.

Alan Sperfslage · Jun 16, 2010

I haven't tried that, but I will.
I can not find any external leaks in the system.

I appreciate the information and I will proceed based on your advice.

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