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Re: Re: Re: pits and seals
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Posted by Gerald on February 08, 1999 at 07:37:13:
In Reply to: Re: Re: pits and seals posted by Jake on February 07, 1999 at 17:01:04:
I've found the most cost effective repair to be a good machine shop that does farm equipment repairs. Ground chrome plated shafting is readily available in many sizes and a good machinest can fit the the ends reasonably. My friend Stan Swenson at Randall Iowa quoted me $55 to put a new cylinder rod in a 3x8 commodity cylinder. Trouble that week was that I could buy a whole new cylinder for less. But he's done other cylinders. Beware of hydraulic specialty shops like the one at Elkhart, Iowa. They are used to dealing with towns that have no idea of the worth of money. They charged me $25 a cylinder to take a couple apart, then quoted $400 and up a cylinder to rebuild them when NEW cylinders from Long for a back hoe were about $225 each. Stan fixed one of those for $75. Rust pits in chrome plated shafts tend to grow up above the surface. Sometimes a little polishing with a strip of fine (600) wet or dry sandpaper will remove most of the seal wrecker. Its best to prevent pits by coating exposed cylinder rods with grease when storing equipment in a climate where temperatures change a lot to cause condensation. Gerald
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