SERV1815 - 182 - Text Reference

08/06

QUAD CHECK VALVE

LEFT TURN
From Pilot Check Valves
Control Valve

Lower Setting

Higher Setting

To Main
Control Valve

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This graphic shows the position of the quad check valve during a left turn. Oil flows from the
steering pilot control valve through one side of the quad check valve.

The quad check valve consists of four check valves in two sets of two valves each. In each set
of two valves, one check valve has a higher cracking pressure than the other valve. One set of
check valves are for left turns and the other set of check valves are for right turns.

The purpose of the steering quad check valve is to provide an alternative path for pilot oil
returning from the non-activated side of the main control valve spool. The normal path for this
oil returning to the tank is through the screened orifice manifold (not shown).

The check valves with the lower setting prevent return oil from the non-activated spool end to
flow through the quad check valve back to the steering pilot valve and to the tank. If the
normal path for return pilot oil is blocked in the screened orifice manifold, the return oil will
unseat the check valves with the higher setting and allow the oil to return through the steering
pilot valve to the tank.