XP_Slinger
They’re Just Saws
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Nothing like have the right tool for the job! So I hear!!Well gents I got it done. Both cylinders rebuilt and not leaking a drop...woohoo! My brother in laws pliers worked awesome! Not gonna lie, I had a bit of a toolgasm after I got that snap ring installed in about a minute...lol!
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Yup! And nothing worse than getting into a job thinking you have the right tools only to discover you don’t.Nothing like have the right tool for the job! So I hear!!
I was fortunate to get a complete Parts book with the tech manual for my tractor. If you get your parts and need a hand give me a shout. It would be a productive BS session...lolI need to do this on my tractor. Just need to figure out the parts first.
So up to this point this rebuild has only taken an hour and a half. And that’s with me taking my time, and cleaning everything up around the mount pins and the cylinder itself. Job complete? Hell no! For the life of me I cannot get that damn outer snap ring back into its groove. I fought with it for 2.5 hours, trying everything I could think of to spread it enough to just get one end of it in the groove. My brother is checking to see if they have anything at his work that will help. If he doesn’t have anything I’m going to have to make a tool out of flat stock. This is the toughest, most stubborn snap ring I have ever had the displeasure of tangling with. Pretty sure I could use it for a helper spring on my 3/4 ton truck. Here’s where it sits, once I get this damn ring back on I’ll be repeating the process on one of the boom cylinders.
Any one have any tips on this fuggin prick?
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I lost sleep over this last night, I don’t often get my butt kicked by something so mechanically simple. Somewhere, there’s a snap ring manufacturer that’s laughing because they won the “who can make the most stubborn snap ring competition.”
Well gents I got it done. Both cylinders rebuilt and not leaking a drop...woohoo! My brother in laws pliers worked awesome! Not gonna lie, I had a bit of a toolgasm after I got that snap ring installed in about a minute...lol!
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I was trying to get that snap ring on without the luxury of having those pliers. That’s what I was fighting for 2.5hrs. Borrowed the pliers from my brother in law and got the snap ring on in under a minute.2.5 hrs later and you completed in less than a minute? What did I miss?
My brother @skidder is one of them guys that’s just got a natural talent for operating equipment, I’m a rookie and have no natural talent for it. He’s gotten a few chuckles out of watching me bounce my tractor around...lol! Amidst the chuckles he’s been giving me pointers on running the loader smoother and what position the bucket should be in for certain tasks. Running a small loader like mine is a cake walk compared to a dozer, I’d end up with my feet tangled in the steering wheel trying to run a 6 way blade...lolMy old Cat D4, 2T series circa 1943 originally had Chesterson rings for a shaft seal .I didn't have any the right size so I used 1/2" valve packing .It doesn't leak .
With that old LaPlante-Chote hydraulic system it's probably low pressure high volume .Big cylinders, slow as a snail .You can change your mind three times before the blade moves .
I can run the old duffer because I'm used to it .I've laughed my butt off at a few young guys who thought they were cat skinners trying to grade with it .This is not your daddies JD 450 .
Yeah, I'm not going to make the NY GTG this year unfortunately. Second week of April I start working 12 hr shifts, 72 hrs a week for 4-5 weeks. Now's the time of year I like to get out in my woods and cut trees or start working in the wood pile. I could puish off the cylinder rebuilds for later in the year but it would be fun to have some guys over and run saws in the near future. I have 4-5 cord of logs I cut and piled last winter. Who knows, maybe in the future I'll have a mini GTG. I'm centrally located, I thinknthe turnout would be good.Sounds like a good day
Yeah, I'm not going to make the NY GTG this year unfortunately. Second week of April I start working 12 hr shifts, 72 hrs a week for 4-5 weeks. Now's the time of year I like to get out in my woods and cut trees or start working in the wood pile. I could puish off the cylinder rebuilds for later in the year but it would be fun to have some guys over and run saws in the near future. I have 4-5 cord of logs I cut and piled last winter. Who knows, maybe in the future I'll have a mini GTG. I'm centrally located, I thinknthe turnout would be good.
I’m getting started on my wood too. Hoping the rain holds off on the coming weekends. If I can find the time I’d love to come out and run some saws with ya. Would likely be able to get my brothers to come out too.Yeah, I'm not going to make the NY GTG this year unfortunately. Second week of April I start working 12 hr shifts, 72 hrs a week for 4-5 weeks. Now's the time of year I like to get out in my woods and cut trees or start working in the wood pile. I could puish off the cylinder rebuilds for later in the year but it would be fun to have some guys over and run saws in the near future. I have 4-5 cord of logs I cut and piled last winter. Who knows, maybe in the future I'll have a mini GTG. I'm centrally located, I thinknthe turnout would be good.