john *.?-!.* cub owner
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My neighbor has an old Power shovel he uses to load gravel for his road, move big bales, etc. He called me today, his steering had gotten hard to turn. He is VERY negligent regarding preventative maintenance, and I told him to check the power steering filter. He didn't know where it was, so I went down to help him find it, and followed the lines back to a large canister beside the Hydrualic lift tank. The steering and lift cylinders have a common reservoir, but different filters and pumps. I have no idea how old the filter was, but it was a Fleetguard filter, and the filter element had deteriorated to a fuzz like material that had plugged the small holes in the outer shell. It had even blown part of the outer shell out. I wonder if that missing part of the shell and the fuzz is in the valves of the steering system.