Fixing leaky cylinders on a leaky backhoe
Added 2024-07-06 15:57:53 +0000 UTCSpoiler, it's still leaking....
Comments
I had one I had to use a wench to get apart. We just replaced it. It was soo BAD!
Aaron Windsor
2024-07-07 14:07:57 +0000 UTCVery good video as usual. Old stuff always has more problems when you start a repair. My 57 Chevy is a classic case of start small end big, but great fun when done!
StarWatcher
2024-07-07 13:38:43 +0000 UTCI posted on YT about this video. I couldn't remember if I was a Patreon or not. Apparently I am. Anyway, I loved the title. My version is "If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed fixing anyway."
Greg Trickey
2024-07-07 00:49:14 +0000 UTCDangerous and frustrating, but we're stuck with them just like tapered pipe threads
Watch Wes Work
2024-07-07 00:21:44 +0000 UTCI have a contraption like that I built and it does work well. In fact I have to be careful or it starts taking off metal!
Watch Wes Work
2024-07-07 00:20:42 +0000 UTCI have been looking at them. Maybe next year.
Watch Wes Work
2024-07-07 00:19:42 +0000 UTCYay for two-part videos!!
Bill
2024-07-06 23:36:22 +0000 UTCunforeseen troubles
gregory mais
2024-07-06 22:48:25 +0000 UTCWho ever invented snap rings was either a genius or a sadist. They almost always go flying across the room when you try to put them on.
Arnold Boyd
2024-07-06 22:36:09 +0000 UTCWes, here's a tip I know you'll like. Buy a couple rolls of abrasive paper in various grits, I think 1" is typical. Take a rod the same size as your air grinder, typically 1/4", put that in the vice and hacksaw a groove vertically so that the paper will fit in tightly. Rip off a piece of the paper about 8" long, roll it up, and stick it in the bore. Fire away (rotation must be considered when rolling it). Best way to sand those bores, dispose of the paper as needed and keep going to town. Seems like we'd often fold the paper in half to 1/2" too.
Jeff_M_PA
2024-07-06 21:52:17 +0000 UTCWes I would highly recommend a heat pump, it works for me in Canada all year round cool in the summer and warm down to -20 then the propane furnace takes over, but that's only a week or so a year. Mitsubishi is the brand I went with and never had a problem in its 9 year life so far.
Kowyn Hibbert (Warrior of the Rusty Wrench)
2024-07-06 19:22:32 +0000 UTCYee haa! It's not stupid if it works 😁
David Yates
2024-07-06 18:58:52 +0000 UTCThe above comment tells all the truth...
John OBrien
2024-07-06 18:54:54 +0000 UTCAs everyone says, the more you fix, the more little leaks become big leaks. Good luck.
Ian McKay
2024-07-06 18:18:33 +0000 UTCGreat info thanks. That gland nut squeaking was almost as bad as a slate blackboard, yes I'm that old.
Eric Corse
2024-07-06 17:58:50 +0000 UTCHydraulics are fascinating, but a struggle to make interesting on video--you managed a good job of it, though. And without the distraction of several million crayon-eaters convinced a storm 900 miles away was bent upon drowning them tomorrow.
CapnMac82
2024-07-06 17:49:09 +0000 UTCWes, I think it's time to start thinking about A/C for your shop. I know when I get hot and sweaty, unforeseen events occur, usually bad.
Dr. Internet
2024-07-06 17:26:44 +0000 UTCI thought this was your machine and you were fixing it because you had big plans for a shop addition. I have watched Jon on Farm Craft do some massive hydraulic cylinder repairs and found those interesting as well. Also of you want to permanently kill all vegetation a leaky hydraulics do the trick.
Tom Hollowell
2024-07-06 17:16:23 +0000 UTCFun times, more you fix the more leaks you find. Hope you’re having a good summer.
Rich Wielechowski
2024-07-06 17:02:43 +0000 UTCWorking on construction machinery is always interesting, even changing the oil. Do not even think that is not again...lol
boubaros
2024-07-06 17:02:31 +0000 UTCI think you and Curtis from CEE need to do a collaboration... Just saying. Great vid Wes!
Christopher
2024-07-06 16:44:37 +0000 UTCNice work. I imagine an old machine like that is never truly done. By the time you get everything fixed something else is worn out.
Curtis Roberts
2024-07-06 16:41:47 +0000 UTCCreative solutions to problems—I like it!
Virtue Streams
2024-07-06 16:05:25 +0000 UTC
