TM 5-3805-261-23-1
STEERING SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES
MALFUNCTION
TEST OR INSPECTION
CORRECTIVE ACTION
1.
Check steering relief valve.
1.
Wheels Turn Slowly or Not
at All When Steering
a. Relieve hydraulic system pressure
Wheel Is Turned.
b. Remove plug and preformed
packing from steering relief valve.
c. Install 0 to 2,500 psi (0 to 17,238
kPa) hydraulic pressure gauge.
d. Start engine and operate all
implements until operating
temperature is reached (TM 5-
3805-261-10).
e. Increase engine speed to 1,500
1. If pressure is within limits, go to step
RPM. Pressure gauge should read
2. Add shim(s) (WP 0323 00) as
1,800 to 1,850 psi (12,411 to
required to increase pressure, remove
12,755 kPa). Stop engine.
shim(s) to decrease pressure: One shim
will change pressure approximately 25
psi (172 kPa).
2. Replace steering relief valve (WP 0323
00).
STEERING
PLUG
RELIEF
VALVE
PREFORMED
PACKING
SHIMS
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