log splitter not working properly

[crazy man]

my log splitter worked fine except cylinder was leaking a little,and I hate leaks, so I took cylinder in and they built me a new one. all I did was remove the two lines and put two lines on new cylinder.when I tried it out and extended the ram it extended but shakey, I figured there was air in cylinder so I cycled it several times. It got a little better but slower than normal. When I put a log in, the wedge would hit log and stop for a few seconds and then shoot wedge violently into log. when I retract ram it takes a couple minutes to go into neutral. when I shut down engine and pull control lever to extend position you can hear and feel fluid rush from front port of cylinder to tank, not sure whats happening. any help would be appreciated

 

[ruffdog]

Did you check the reservoir for enough fluid after the cylinder was filled? Did you wait for the foam/bubbles to clear from the fluid?

 

[dlctcg]

Besides what rufdog mentioned...

I don't know what:

I cycled it several times

means in terms of cycles... but depending on the size of the cylinder it may take way more cycles than you think to get all the air out

 

[crazy man]

Did you check the reservoir for enough fluid after the cylinder was filled? Did you wait for the foam/bubbles to clear from the fluid?

cycled about 30 times over two or three days. Don't understand why there's pressure in cylinder after engine off

 

[crazy man]

Did you check the reservoir for enough fluid after the cylinder was filled? Did you wait for the foam/bubbles to clear from the fluid?

 

[crazy man]

Did you check the reservoir for enough fluid after the cylinder was filled? Did you wait for the foam/bubbles to clear from the fluid?

added fluid when installed but obviously not enough, added more and working better thanks much

 

[ruffdog]

added fluid when installed but obviously not enough, added more and working better thanks much

Glad it is going better!

 

[mrmikey]

Don't understand why there's pressure in cylinder after engine off

It sounds like you've got it fixed.
Just as a side note, fluids being non-compressable, would not 'store' any pressure after the engines been shut off. The only way there would be any motion or force from the cylinder is if there was compressed air trapped in the cylinder.

....the wedge would hit log and stop for a few seconds and then shoot wedge violently into log

Same reason for this, the air compresses and when it reaches enough pressure, it forces the ram to extend at speed.

 

[Midniteoyl]

cycled about 30 times over two or three days. Don't understand why there's pressure in cylinder after engine off

Compressed air..

 

[crazy man]

It sounds like you've got it fixed.
Just as a side note, fluids being non-compressable, would not 'store' any pressure after the engines been shut off. The only way there would be any motion or force from the cylinder is if there was compressed air trapped in the cylinder.


Same reason for this, the air compresses and when it reaches enough pressure, it forces the ram to extend at speed.

makes sense, thats probable what happened. thanks for info!