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Fixing leaky cylinders on a leaky backhoe

🕑 Added 2024-07-06 15:57:53 +0000 UTC

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Aaron Windsor

I had one I had to use a wench to get apart. We just replaced it. It was soo BAD!

StarWatcher

Very good video as usual. Old stuff always has more problems when you start a repair. My 57 Chevy is a classic case of start small end big, but great fun when done!

Greg Trickey

I posted on YT about this video. I couldn't remember if I was a Patreon or not. Apparently I am. Anyway, I loved the title. My version is "If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed fixing anyway."

Watch Wes Work

Dangerous and frustrating, but we're stuck with them just like tapered pipe threads

Watch Wes Work

I have a contraption like that I built and it does work well. In fact I have to be careful or it starts taking off metal!

Watch Wes Work

I have been looking at them. Maybe next year.

Bill

Yay for two-part videos!!

gregory mais

unforeseen troubles

Arnold Boyd

Who ever invented snap rings was either a genius or a sadist. They almost always go flying across the room when you try to put them on.

Jeff_M_PA

Wes, here's a tip I know you'll like. Buy a couple rolls of abrasive paper in various grits, I think 1" is typical. Take a rod the same size as your air grinder, typically 1/4", put that in the vice and hacksaw a groove vertically so that the paper will fit in tightly. Rip off a piece of the paper about 8" long, roll it up, and stick it in the bore. Fire away (rotation must be considered when rolling it). Best way to sand those bores, dispose of the paper as needed and keep going to town. Seems like we'd often fold the paper in half to 1/2" too.

Kowyn Hibbert (Warrior of the Rusty Wrench)

Wes I would highly recommend a heat pump, it works for me in Canada all year round cool in the summer and warm down to -20 then the propane furnace takes over, but that's only a week or so a year. Mitsubishi is the brand I went with and never had a problem in its 9 year life so far.

David Yates

Yee haa! It's not stupid if it works 😁

John OBrien

The above comment tells all the truth...

Ian McKay

As everyone says, the more you fix, the more little leaks become big leaks. Good luck.

Eric Corse

Great info thanks. That gland nut squeaking was almost as bad as a slate blackboard, yes I'm that old.

CapnMac82

Hydraulics are fascinating, but a struggle to make interesting on video--you managed a good job of it, though. And without the distraction of several million crayon-eaters convinced a storm 900 miles away was bent upon drowning them tomorrow.

Dr. Internet

Wes, I think it's time to start thinking about A/C for your shop. I know when I get hot and sweaty, unforeseen events occur, usually bad.

Tom Hollowell

I thought this was your machine and you were fixing it because you had big plans for a shop addition. I have watched Jon on Farm Craft do some massive hydraulic cylinder repairs and found those interesting as well. Also of you want to permanently kill all vegetation a leaky hydraulics do the trick.