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Finally Fixing My Forklift

🕑 Added 2024-03-04 03:33:28 +0000 UTC

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Marshall

I have been watching some older WWW recently. Pretty interesting. I have an idea that you could include as a module in one of your more complicated repairs. The subject would be: How do you keep track of all the parts, nuts and bolts when you take things apart.? Honestly it is baffling that more small pieces are not lost. Just a thought.

Watch Wes Work

We had a Yale like that. Had a 4 stage cylinder. That thing would lift like 18 feet high.

Watch Wes Work

Yeah. You'll see it soon enough!

KEVIN KOSINSKI

I had the pleasure of rebuilding the lift cylinders on my Allis Chalmers ACC40 forklift. Its got a wacky try-cylinder setup where 3 cylinders are welded together. The inlet hose that feeds the whole system connects to the rod of the center cylinder, so fluid goes all the way to the bottom first (which is the top because cylinder is upside down), and then goes to the 2 cylinders which lift the carriage. There is a 4th cylinder that gets fluid last in line to lift the 3rd stage of the mast. I'm not a forklift expert, but I think its designed this way to allow for a short mast and a lot of free lift, almost 4 ft. Its an old NAVY machine that probably was used in tight spaces.

Marshall

I concur!

Daniel Peterson

Wes, can we assume the SS Monte Carlo at the end is a teaser?

Virtue Streams

Nice project—terrible cold! Cheers to powering through and getting things done. 👍🏻

Britt A Releford

It's either a 1976 or 1977 Chevy El Camino SS.

Curtis Roberts

Great work as usual. We had that same storm in Iowa. I was in t-shirt at 10am and in a jacket by 3pm with shop heat back on.

Kowyn Hibbert (Warrior of the Rusty Wrench)

The weather around here has been the same way, I'm smack dab in the middle of British Columbia, about a week ago we had plus 12°c, in one day it dropped to -6 and snowed 8 inches, it warmed up melted again dropped again and snowed 6 inches, our snow pack is 56% of normal, we're just starting March and unless someone changes really soon fire season will probably start in April or May this year.

Matt Londergan

Nicely done Wes! Thank you for the hydraulics diagrams, love it!

CapnMac82

Will be interesting to see how that radiator comes out.

CapnMac82

It's _el niño_ "spring" weather. Last Tuesday, when that polar front rolled through, we had sleet, which broke up 70 degree weather here in DFW. It's running about 10-15 degrees above 'normal' (but not out of line for start of _el niño_).

Bill Scott

Oil leak, does that mean “self lubricating.”

Bubba Hyde

Even better! Thank you Mike

Bubba Hyde

Yup! That looks like them. Thanks!

mike forbes

yep, he posted the pick links on youtube, proper affiliate linky https://amzn.to/49zKhzb

dozerman53111

Great job Wes. Its going to be 78 degrees in S. Illinois today, Weird weather

mike forbes

I think he has posted them before, they look like these sitting in my amazon cart , https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075NQHTKQ/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_5?smid=A2W86Q8280F2Q3&psc=1 I am sure he has a better affiliate liink.

Greg

we have a leaky forklift too, well, it was a forklift that got scrapped out and the mast was repurposed to make an elevator in the machine shop, the chrome is way to roached to keep it from leaking so we did the only right thing and hoseclamped a tube and a strip of rubber to the cyl that leads back to the tank, like a case drain on a hydraulic motor, but much sketchier

Chris Freemesser

Yeah, it's been a crazy winter...I'm in upstate NY and haven't had to use my snowblower in 2 years. It's gonna be 63 degrees F today

@KanoeKing

Hey Wes, new Patreon member here. Love your videos, humor, and varied content. Yours is my “go-to” channel! Thanks for sharing these repairs with us.

James Riordan

The Green Paper ❤️🙌❤️

Bubba Hyde

What are the little pry bars you’re using? Won’t be offended if you drop an affiliate link. Thanks!

Steven Cox

love that car at the end mate, what is it, I'm from Australia

Greg Quante

Love the diagrams and explanation of the operation

Marshall

...also, the camera/film/sound quality was pretty good on this video. Your SpaceX level Green-Paper blue-print was a good learning experience too!. Thanks for things Wes. Hope you feel better.

Vadim

9 months you said...

Chris M

I'd like to know where you got that flat pick. Looks extremely useful....

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Great drawings as usual! Based on how you explain it, i think the cushioning effect of the checkvalve/orifice makes a lot of sense- it makes the top half of the cylinder into a shock absorber, basically.. pushing against something with some resistance to change, rather than "air". Probably smooths things out and reduces jerkiness? I'd think it would work thoughout the range, not just at the end of travel, too.