Cylinder rod used to replace a pin

[ronbourd]

Someone suggested to me to use used chrome cylinder rod to replace worn pins on an mini excavator. Is this a good idea? Thank you for yours comments Ronald.

 

[Ronsii]

It's a great idea if you happen to have rods laying around that are the right size

 

[td25c]

Don't know why it would not work as long as its the correct size & you can fit & hold it proper .

We have used everything under the sun for pins ....... Cold rolled shaft works as well . Main thing is a snug fit between shaft & bushing .

Axil shafts work good as well . Have some old 460 Farmall tractor axil shaft pins in the blade arms on the International TD25C dozer . Same company ..... They just forgot to mention in the book the farm tractor axils also fit the dozer blade .

 

[Iron@Dirt]

Have used cylinder shaft several times, works good. Even picked up discarded shaft at the hydraulic shop and they give it away, even better.

 

[DMiller]

Believe it or not have used old high chromium shafts from rebuilt pumps from previous employer, hard to machine but well worth the effort.

 

[kjkoch]

We have always kept the old rods when we build replacements for cylinders, just for this reason. Well that and I tend to be a pack rat too, but they work great, and are free.