580 k glands repair but...

[bobbyblades]

ok i did the stabilizers yesterday and the swings today but i now notice one stab/ leaking from the edge where the tube and cap meet . did i do a booboo with the oring . also its not a round std black oring but a green placticey type oring with a groove ? i hate to unscrew the pia again
i did have a few ounces hydo in the tube as i reloaded the rod and it got all over as i had to manhadle it in while on machine so i bet some got in between oring and the threaded part maybe just excess dripping out ?. i got the old style with the single large one oring thats deeper in
whats with the green oring not the plain reg black one with the flat ring .. better ?
this oring was more like a square ring with two ridges and a groove in between on the outer contact side

i could just unscrew it as it is on and see if i tore it but maybe just put a bead silicone right on the inner edge a screw it up . hmmmm..

the wipers a nice n clean but that drip is just so annoying not alot but i dont like the dirt cakeing up on the stab legs

the seal kit has a black oring and the buffer ring online .. i have gotten single wider green ring instead

 

[alrman]

If the gland outer seal is at the top of the gland, close to the flange, you will be able to fit the oring & backup.
If you remove the pin at the rod end & loosen the gland till you see the seal, you can stretch the oring & hopefully the backup (depending on material hardness) over the flange & into the groove.
Did you clean the inside of the tube where the gland seals sit? This often require a polish when resealing a cylinder.

btw - silicone wont work.....

 

[Blueboy]

Are you talking about a quad ring with the “X” profile? Might work, but then again, might not.
You should use what was originally there. Standard o-ring and backup work perfectly fine.
And like alrman said, polishing the seal area is important, in the barrel/tube and the groove. Doesn't have to be perfect, just smooth and clean.
And silicone is a big NO.

 

[bobbyblades]

hey ok no drip today . during removal i propped the cly with a 4x4 up past horizontal so a few onces stayed inside . when i tries slip it back in the 4x4 fell out .got splashed as the cyl fell down.
soaking the threads . i thus popped it in screwed it down and the remnats oil must have dripped out giving me greif / i got older type .no oring at the flange

the case rebuild kit i got had the X green ring not the two piece oring n buffer . guess its holding now thankx