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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    Glad you liked the wrench, I just learned to weld kind of. They are just going to order new pipe and I imagine will use mounts ect. off the old one. I am kind of planning on changing fluid and filters, is there any way to check for moisture in fluid? From what I dumped out of barrel it looked...
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    Well I might as well finish this story. I got to looking at my cylinder after I got it apart and cleaned I could see some rust ,got a flashlight and I could also see pitting. Decided to take it to my local machine shop. They advised me to get it replaced. Told me it they could make one for...
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    Well I got cylinder apart, pretty good story . 1. Had to make a pipe wrench 2 foot square tube with a double 520 chain welded to it (see pic) and 8 foot of pipe over it. 2. Had to heat up 6 inch cylinder cap with rosebud oxy/acetylene and the only thing that would budge it was a long...
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    I just want to clarify my last question (now does lower bolt have to be removed?) I should have asked, Is their anything else that has to be removed before I pull the main rod out of the cylinder? Note: I did remove the bolt ,locknut and Allen screw . It had a couple of 0-rings that were not in...
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    I took some pics ,The picture of the bottom of cylinder shows bolt with an Allen screw and lock nut. I backed out screw about 4 turns and then went back in all the way, then I noticed fluid coming out, which let me release pressure on cylinder. Then I was able to compress cylinder enough to get...
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    Hello again, It leaks when running ,even for a while after engine shut down. I would guess about a drop per second. Maybe I will tie something around it to catch fluid. Too bad diesel is 6 bucks a gallon here in eastern Ia. :( I don't know how much hydraulic fluid is. I did some research on...
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    I have a feeling that I should go ahead and tackle this job, hope it goes good. I will probably need torch,sledge hammer and .498 with my luck. I think the local mechanic told me to raise up and block boom up. That is the normal way they do it. He talked like once you get holding valve and...
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    Hey thanks for the information. Another question or two: 1. Should I leave bottom of cylinder attached to lift 2. How much pressure will it take to pull apart?
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    Gehl 553 lift cylinder leaking at seal

    I have a Gehl 553 telehandler with a leaking main lift cylinder (1 of 3 ) on right side of main boom. I have heard from mechanic that you have to loosen a valve on bottom of cylinder in order to dismantle cylinder. He also said if you are not careful a bolt will shoot out. Does anyone here have...
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