joea99
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Kubota BT751 backhoe stabilizer cylinder was leaking. Seals pretty much crumbled during removal. Upon inspection the rod has scratches about mid way, most of which pass the finger nail test. A small cluster about the area of a pea, near a small nick, maybe sesame seed size, can be felt by fingernail. The nick is under 1/4 inch long, maybe pencil lead wide and maybe business card deep.
Can these be reliably repaired? Specialized machine shop? Special epoxy I can then file and sand? (I've seen that done on seawater corroded main propulsion shafts on ships, that operated underwater and they held fine for many years. But those did not have to endure hot oil.
A new shaft is close to $400 buck. Probably take a whole long of cycles over that spot to annoy the seal enough to leak, I'd imagine. Muca ado about nothing?
Can these be reliably repaired? Specialized machine shop? Special epoxy I can then file and sand? (I've seen that done on seawater corroded main propulsion shafts on ships, that operated underwater and they held fine for many years. But those did not have to endure hot oil.
A new shaft is close to $400 buck. Probably take a whole long of cycles over that spot to annoy the seal enough to leak, I'd imagine. Muca ado about nothing?