OVERTORQUED
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- Vintage Restos & occasional Tractors
480E and it’s a lift cylinder for bucket.Not sure about that. What machine and which cylinder is it ? Maybe someone with more knowledge will chime in.
1) not hollowView attachment 232361 I have some questions
1)is #1hollow ?
2)is #1 viewable inside barrel?
3)does #2 look like a factory weld or a repair ?
4)are other cylinders on machine similar to #1
I’m really starting to think that may have been it. It looks like a plug someone drove in and welded. Apparently didn’t realize it would interfere? At any rate there is a hole now because I drilled it out.I wonder if someone thought it was a good idea to install a drain plug.
I hate it for you but I feel much better about all the BS I went through on my last cylinder build.
Take it off and cut it open.Am I to hope the filter caught the pieces?
Will definitely do that. Thanks all.Take it off and cut it open.
Might be a good thing to change that filter a few times after you get it running again.
I would cut every one of them open to see how much crap it is catching.
I would remove all the piping and hoses from that cylinder to the filter and flush them out.
There could be some big pieces lodged in them.
Something I was considering - thanks.We've had a machine shop make a new one for us before on an obsolete cylinder. It cost about the same as buying from the dealer in the end .
Ended up taking it to local machine shop and he made the piston. Put another plug in it and welded it again- amazingly the bore was ok.Search Ebay or some of the seal suppliers for the part number. I bought a new Piston for my crowd cylinder a while back and the more I searched the lower prices I found. Bought it from Fast Lift Parts for $108 shipped. Actually found one cheaper after I ordered but I don't remember the source.
It's hard to believe your cylinder bore is not damaged beyond useful.