brian capouch
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This is my first-ever post on this forum, after trying for months to get signed up. FWIW: won't work on Linux computers.
I need to have the swing cylinders repacked on my 1966 580-CK. The hydraulic shop fellow recommended I just pull the rods and pistons rather than try to remove whole cylinders. I have some questions about "best practices."
One thread on another forum recommends centering the boom and doing both cylinders at once, but on another the advice is to do them one at a time, with the boom swung all the way over to the opposite side each time.
I hope to get some advice on that matter here, as well as any other advice on getting this job done with the least amount of hassle.
I don't have a gland nut wrench, and am hoping that a 36" pipe wrench (again on the advice of the guy at the hydraulic shop) will be sufficient. I also worry a little that the main boom pivot casting appears to be in the way of a clear pull on either cylinder, no matter where I put the boom.
Thanks in advance for any advice that may be forthcoming.
I need to have the swing cylinders repacked on my 1966 580-CK. The hydraulic shop fellow recommended I just pull the rods and pistons rather than try to remove whole cylinders. I have some questions about "best practices."
One thread on another forum recommends centering the boom and doing both cylinders at once, but on another the advice is to do them one at a time, with the boom swung all the way over to the opposite side each time.
I hope to get some advice on that matter here, as well as any other advice on getting this job done with the least amount of hassle.
I don't have a gland nut wrench, and am hoping that a 36" pipe wrench (again on the advice of the guy at the hydraulic shop) will be sufficient. I also worry a little that the main boom pivot casting appears to be in the way of a clear pull on either cylinder, no matter where I put the boom.
Thanks in advance for any advice that may be forthcoming.