wdchyd
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Can you tell it doesn't take me 2 hrs to make one......:laughing:
Has one of the rods been remade before?...maybe someone used a nut they had?
So I busted my curl cylinder ... can't find parts to fix it
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Can you tell it doesn't take me 2 hrs to make one......:laughing:
Has one of the rods been remade before?...maybe someone used a nut they had?
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Makes me wonder where he had looked before titling this thread.
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Well, the manual doesn't have parts list in it. After LS sent me the part number, a google search of that part number yielded the diagram (posted earlier) and list of other bucket cylinder parts.
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Don't know ... possible. I did get it used. The lathe's I saw at the shop looked like manual only. Also looks like they did mostly big heavy equipment (some lathe's were as big as some I've seen on old ships) ... not small stuff like on my tractor.
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Few owners and service manuals have parts diagrams. Some short line stuff does, but not the bigger names. It's just the way it is.
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Update. The new rod and piston nut to go with it was like $78 total (tax and all). I got both cylinders totally rebuilt with new seals so total cost was $200 something and now I'm good as new. I don't have it back together yet because weather hasn't exactly been cooperating lately. The threads and nut of the new parts look identical to the left side rod/nut so I don't know if someone did something before me or if they were using up old stock on the line or what but the rod threads & nut on the right cylinder was different from the left when I pulled it apart ... weird.
hturner12
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where did you get the parts. i think I did the same thing today. When I go out tomorrow I need to look at them. I was suing mine to push a tree I was cutting. We have local shop that could make it but probable more than I could buy a new one.
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Pulled the pins yesterday and the left rod was broke. Hopefully my dealer can get it covered under warranty
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Update after 6 weeks my dealer final got the rod under warranty. He was shipping it to me today. I plan on doing it myself . Has anybody taken a cylinder apart? If so how hard is to the the wire ring out. Local hydraulic shop is swamped and has a minimum of 150
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Sorry. Just now seeing this.
I got my rod from my dealer.
Don't think there is a wire. The hydraulic shop just used a punch and hammer to spin the gland off. It has holes for a spanner wrench but they didn't use one. I watched them tear mine down. Rebuilt both sides while inwa s at it. Good as new now.
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Yikes, 6 weeks to wait for a new hyd rod?
Would it have been worth it to pay to have a rod made instead of 6 weeks of downtime?
Would it have been worth it to pay to have a rod made instead of 6 weeks of downtime?
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Yikes, 6 weeks to wait for a new hyd rod?
Would it have been worth it to pay to have a rod made instead of 6 weeks of downtime?
Only took be a day or two after I figured out the part number. The HQ is in NC so doesn't take any time to get something sent to VA. I could drive there in 2.5hrs practically.
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My is not a spin off. I can see the ring, going to take to friends shop today between the 2 of uswe should be able to get it.
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They covered under warranty. I found the reason for the delay in another thread. LS changed something in their supply system about the time My dealer ordered the part.
I was not completely down. I bought some plugs and capped off the broken cylinder, so I still had some function. With the bad cylinder connected 5he bucket will not curl, if you disconnect and cap/plugs the 2 lines it will work just at 1/2 capacity.
DO NOT do what I did and chain the bucket up. I ended up damaging all 4 of the steel lines. However I did learn a couple of things: that cover behind the bucket is attached to the line stays, if gets bent it could damage the lines. Most important those lines are an off size but they have 3/8 JIC fittings so 3/8 steel hydraulic tube will work.
I was not completely down. I bought some plugs and capped off the broken cylinder, so I still had some function. With the bad cylinder connected 5he bucket will not curl, if you disconnect and cap/plugs the 2 lines it will work just at 1/2 capacity.
DO NOT do what I did and chain the bucket up. I ended up damaging all 4 of the steel lines. However I did learn a couple of things: that cover behind the bucket is attached to the line stays, if gets bent it could damage the lines. Most important those lines are an off size but they have 3/8 JIC fittings so 3/8 steel hydraulic tube will work.
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Got the curl cylinder back together. It was not a rod failure but a nut failure. Looks like a grade 3 nut
