Hydraulic cylinder breakdown pin

Making a home made jig to breakdown hydraulic cylinders. Easy to make easy to use not well known .

[stevealexander]

Thanks, I recently had to rebuild 2 hydraulic cylinders on my Bobcat. I knew nothing about them. I knew I did not want to pay someone else to do it. A lot of trial and error. Moving at the speed of a Sloth. I got it. Thanks again. I have learned that you are a master. One willing to share. Priceless.

[madthewirdo]

Well done, thanks for sharing the knowledge. Im restoring a john deere 440 dozer and just finished rebuilding two of the cylinders, I ended up welding 1 inch stock to my welding table and beating the heck out of them to get the pistons out. Went back together smoothly. Im a retired engineer and Im running a service truck working on heavies here and there as well as saving old equipment to use on my homestead /little farm.
Im always impressed with the simplicity and quality of these old machines, nothing is make like them anymore. I wasnt surprised to work on another late model Cat where the eyes were torn from the cylinders. Upon inspection of the welds, I found them rife with undercut and lack of penetration throughout. This is found on 4 or 5 year old machines with factory welds. After talking with other owners, as well as a friend of mine who owns a successful fab, they say thats not uncommon for all these new machines.

[candeservices]

I usually try try the break it free while its still on the equipment, that way its already loose when you take the cylinder off. Sometimes there is no room to do this.

[dormindont]

Полезное приспособление для разборки гидроцилиндра, спасибо за идею.👍

[bitsandpeace]

So glad you're back!!!! Really missed you man. Was worried but very glad to see you are ok. Love your videos!

[MRrwmac]

Great to see you’re ok and back to making a video or two! Stay safe.

[darkdelta]

Good to see you again, always something interesting. Made some nice chips on this one. Mag drills making life a bit easier.

[lchebuhar]

Great video. Glad to see you back on the channel! 👍🏼

[waiakalulu]

It's cool to see that everything is threaded like you expect it to be. Righty tighty Lefty Loosey. Sometimes it gives you pause when you're on the reef and you're, like, "Am I turning this the right way?"

[notfastuc]

Always enjoy seeing what you work on ...I watch a You Tube channel Marty T in New Zealand ..He fixes up old abandon equipment and straightened a bent rod on a tractor hydraulic cylinder and redid a big one on a back hoe which was a heavy thing to unhook and lift over with the tractor

[jeffstull]

Great video...this will help me when our tractor cylinders go out. Thanks and God Bless and Happy New Year.

[tofan]

Really enjoy your videos, understand why its few and far between. That editing is a beast.

[homemadetools]

Cool build! We posted this video on our homemade tools forum this week :)

[dieselhatz]

Great to see you back at it. Really enjoy your videos, the music, the pace, feels like a different world. Hope your well and great skill as always, you make it look like anyone can do it first time.

[rexhavoc]

Heat the bolt head to 600 degrees to melt the locktite.and do what candeservices recommends.

[donc]

Always enjoy watching hydraulic tear downs. Have you seen anyone use a hydraulic wrench to get the packing gland loose?

[hiramblakecamp]

Words of wisdom: "You've gotta be smarter than the tool you operate."

[tomlee]

been patiently waiting for a vid from you, glad to see

[Jdl]

Can you heat the glands if they are still solid on there? Or do you have another trick. I have the gland nut wrench and some of them are really tight

[philliphall]

I’ve seen people use trailer hitch and bolt to to it, once but loses then drive forward and pull out rod
It works 😊