Rebuilding a John Deer hydraulic cylinder

Rebuilding a John Deere hydraulic cylinder- this is a step by step video of rebuilding one of the curl cylinders on the 541 loader on my JD 5320.

[randyallgood]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I changed one set on my 430 loader thanks to you sharing your knowledge.
I did learn that placing the removal ring requires more than just sticking it in there and that you can make a removal tool from a plastic cup.

[jasonhart]

It's about time someone made a video that shows the split ring being used so you can pull the rod out. Thank you. Doing a steering cylinder on a skidder tomorrow. First time.

[nigelw]

Gday from Australia,
Thanks for taking the time. It’s a huge help. About to replace seals on my 318D skid Steer. Mine is leaking between the cylinder body and the end cap. Wiper seal looks good, but will get a kit and replace all of course.
I really appreciate it. All the very best to you and your fam.
Cheers 👍🍻

[pintail]

Well if you ever get tired of farming you could open a tractor/truck repair shop. Absolutely amazing how much you and onelonely farmer know about repairing your equipment. Hats off to you both.,

[joesalazar]

This is great I have a jd 460 loader the two leveler bucket cylinders are allowing the bucket to tilt no matter running or not I'm hoping scoring and cylinders are in good shape. And all I need to do is replace the soft parts. To restore having less than 1500 hours on it but lots of lifting bales dirt exc. Things do wear I should be able to install these in a couple hours and have it back up a running . Great video.

[robert]

A guy I know who works in a hydraulic cylinder repair shop told me about it. The electrical tapes keeps the hose clamp from scaring the piston seal when compressing it back with the hose clamp.

[mooneym]

Nice job on the video. It was a great help on my first Cylinder rebuild on my JD 110 TLB.
I downloaded the service manual from the JD website for the Piston nut torque

[johnnyis]

You made it look simple. Great informative video, Thanks

[rayeddy]

Good job of packing that cylinder! We use to do a lot of cylinder packing, but before I retired from coal surface mines we went to the exchange program with Caterpillar. We could not stop equipment long enough to pack because of coal production. You did good on pushing the head out with the hydraulics! Thanks for sharing! Be safe and God bless you and your family !!!!

[wesbrackmanthercenthusiast]

Thanks I could not figure out how to remove the gland from the curl cylinder on my John Deere 540 loader now it's fixed for the time being

[edwingrimm]

This is the type of vid that I like very help full. Good job

[jhscheppele]

That was a smart way to get the app out with hydraulic pressure. I’m going to use it on mine tomorrow 5/11/22.

[TheSagerider]

Very good tutorial video! I have the two lift cylinders on my John Deere 318D skid steer that are weeping, not real badly just wet enough to attract dust. I will need to replace the seals one of these days but as long as there is no serious leaking I guess I will leave well enough alone for now. Thank you!

[bobvilla]

Boiling them is good advice. I use to tear some shit up trying to get them together before softening them up.

[johannlangner]

Thank you so much Sir. This will help me getting back in the field :)

[bighunterman]

not always 2 kits per each cylinder, it depends. and sometimes, the two kits jd says works for a particular cylinder, are missing a part. good video. one recommendation i have though, butt the rod all the way out to the gland. will make it impossible to air lock the rod into the cylinder if you accidently push the gland too far in.

[oksanabezverkhova]

I going replace seals kit on my 1700 mustang ...I hope it's be same process. Thank you for the video.

[robert]

Here is a simple small trick when it comes to the seal ring. When you install one on the piston, once you get it straight, wrap it a couple times with electrical tape, take a hose clamp and tighten it down around the piston seal. Let it sit for a few seconds, then remove the hose clamp and electrical tape. This seats and recompresses the seal ring, making it easy to slide back into the ram cylinder, with less risk of damaging the seal ring.

[super]

Thanks for the video, I have got to do the seals on our Quicke grapple cylinders, with all the cylinders I've done I have never worked on one like this they aren't real common in this area, I hope that tool is in their kits. I have one guy brings me all his machine cylinders now. He usually gets them done for less than $100 of time plus parts if they come apart easy.
He really likes the fact when I do them they don't leak after a month like they do from the dealers most times, and they charge way more. ! It's like he says by the time some have been done twice thats 5 gallon of expensive oil gone to on top of time and parts. The last one the big shop messed up they didn't put back up rings in the outer gland groove with the o ring and got 1 internal gland seal in wrong. It cost $300 for the 2 sets of seals without shop time he wasn't real happy with them.

[flyingfarm]

John Deere cylinders are the only ones I have ever encountered that use snap rings. They can be difficult to work on. Every other cylinder I have rebuilt utilize end caps that screw on.