U302 Super Diesel Steering Cylinder

[dankarn]

Hi Everyone. I have a U-302 Super Diesel that belonged to my dad. I've been having some power steering issues with it lately. Started with a slow leak (slow enough that I couldn't track it down initially. Now I found the issue. All of a sudden the power steering hydraulic cylinder just started gushing around the rod. Now, here's my quandary. I can't get to the top of where it joins the steering mechanism to take it off. I can get to the rear just fine, remove the battery box and pop the pin out, but the other end is tucked up tight to the frame. It seems like if I can drop the assembly down, I should be able to access the bolt head, but I am not sure how to do this. I loosened the swivel bolt but that still doesn't allow everything to be dropped.

Thanks in advance for the help
Dan

 

[molinegb]

Power steering cylinder on front in bolster. Has 2 orings on each end. Battery boxes in back of tractor above fender mounts. Supply fed from pump on front thru lines to steering motor under dash. Is a valve under fuel tank to divert supply. Not sure. Have 302 gas in shop working on.

 

[MMDEL]

Somebody has moved the Batt box.

 

[dankarn]

Here is a little different wording.
The rear pin behind the battery box comes out easily. The steering end is where I'm stuck. It looks like there's a bolt coming down from the top, but access is extremely limited and I can't get a wrench on it.

I also tried loosening what appears to be the steering assembly mounting bolt, hoping the assembly would drop enough to improve access, but nothing moved.

I've attached a few less-than-great photos due to fighting the CNY monsoon. The red arrows show the cylinder mounting point, and the blue circle and arrow show the steering assembly and the bolt I removed.
I am not sure if these pics will help clarify the issue, They are also horrible pics from today as I was rushing during breaks of our CNY monsoon

 

[molinegb]

Front end looks to be same as G900 or G1000. Several 302's here and not that setup. Was only used on 64 of the diesels.