crane operator
Senior Member
The grove 40 ton swivel seals also finally gave up on Friday. Its been seeping for a couple months now, but we've been too busy to address it. No choice now, its puking oil everywhere.
We got swivel removed from the crane and on the shop floor today. Seal kit is on its way from grove, and if I can figure out how to split the cans, we can start going back together. This swivel has hydraulic, electrical, and antifreeze going through it.
The antifreeze portion of it isn't getting rebuilt. No seals available, just a whole new "updated" swivel for the water side, at over $3,000. The seal kit for the hyd. side is right at $2,000.
We're just going to put a aux. heater upstairs and plug off the water side, and reseal the hyd.
I'm thinking I may have to pull the wiring from the block connector on the bottom of the swivel, to pull the wiring portion up out the top. That's the way the old groves are, but I've never done one that had the block connector. Its either disassemble the block, or cut all the wires and butt splice them when I'm done.
We got swivel removed from the crane and on the shop floor today. Seal kit is on its way from grove, and if I can figure out how to split the cans, we can start going back together. This swivel has hydraulic, electrical, and antifreeze going through it.
The antifreeze portion of it isn't getting rebuilt. No seals available, just a whole new "updated" swivel for the water side, at over $3,000. The seal kit for the hyd. side is right at $2,000.
We're just going to put a aux. heater upstairs and plug off the water side, and reseal the hyd.
I'm thinking I may have to pull the wiring from the block connector on the bottom of the swivel, to pull the wiring portion up out the top. That's the way the old groves are, but I've never done one that had the block connector. Its either disassemble the block, or cut all the wires and butt splice them when I'm done.