Long time Lurker first real post. had my first hiccup with my Midi. i was grading some ruts on the driveway up the side of the house and i broke a u-bolt. i stopped immediately. replaced the Ubolt the next morning. all good?..nope now when i turn close to full lock it binds. sounds like the hydraulic pump is struggling. i popped the hood. hood took a look everything seems ok. looked underneath all seems fine. the front drive shaft has a clean spot that i figured was from the axle moving a bit when the ubolt let go in the rear. like 1/4" or less of a clean spot. drove fine just didnt turn all the way to the left and its fine. only like 30 minutes to finish filling etc. this morning i went to move it and no steering. finally after letting it warm up for 5-10 minutes could i get the steering wheel to turn enough to pull it out of the drive way. so it sits for now. this is my first problem ever. 1000+ hours. its a 2009 Midi Cx4 any ideas or help would be appreciated. Q
Can you explain a bit more. What do you mean by U-bolt? To hold the axle on or driveshaft to ujoint? Or??? Pictures might help. I believe the Midi is front steer only, correct? If the driveshaft moved perhaps it hit a hard line for the hydraulic steering and it is now dented and restricting flow.
Sorry i wrote this quickly before i ran off to bed. It was the U-bolt for the rear Axle. loosened them and retorqued. and it stopped. moved about 70 yards of dirt today with it to grade a new pad for a buddies new building, only funny thing left is in all this the fan wore thru the fan shroud i will get a pic tomorrow. i was exhausted today trying to make up for a lost day. the transmission is not hooked to the motor directly. so now im trying to figure out how this happened. was the binding making the motor twist in the mounts? I checked and its fine now too, right where it should be! Greg9504 thanks for the reply. yes its front steer only. and i checked all the lines and everything was fine. turned almost 1100 hours today, and ran fine.