Richard
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
We've got a 10' Rhino rotary cutter. There is a hydraulic lift on the back of this thing, the rod diamater might be an inch? the body length of the cylinder might be 12/15 inches?
All just guesses as I've not really looked at the thing.
It's a single acting cylinder so it's got the little weep hole (or spray hole in my case!) in the back of it
There are four rods/bolts outside the casing of this to hold it together as best I can tell.
I'm presuming that I can undo the 4 bolts and somehow take the guts apart and install some new gaskets.
My question is, where might one go to get the gaskets and be sure they are the RIGHT gaskets for the cylinder?
Also, any special tools maybe necessary other than a sledgehammer and pic-axe?
Meaning, any spreader tools or perhaps a dental pick to remove gaskets? Just jam them out with a small screwdriver?
I've never repacked a cylinder and don't know if I'll start on this one.
If I take it to a shop to have done, is this a $10 job, $100?? I ask that because I took a crowd cylinder on my backhoe to the dealer (industrial) and near flipped when the bill was over $600. I wasn't expecting that.
Now I want to have a clue before I delve into this.
All just guesses as I've not really looked at the thing.
It's a single acting cylinder so it's got the little weep hole (or spray hole in my case!) in the back of it
There are four rods/bolts outside the casing of this to hold it together as best I can tell.
I'm presuming that I can undo the 4 bolts and somehow take the guts apart and install some new gaskets.
My question is, where might one go to get the gaskets and be sure they are the RIGHT gaskets for the cylinder?
Also, any special tools maybe necessary other than a sledgehammer and pic-axe?
Meaning, any spreader tools or perhaps a dental pick to remove gaskets? Just jam them out with a small screwdriver?
I've never repacked a cylinder and don't know if I'll start on this one.
If I take it to a shop to have done, is this a $10 job, $100?? I ask that because I took a crowd cylinder on my backhoe to the dealer (industrial) and near flipped when the bill was over $600. I wasn't expecting that.
Now I want to have a clue before I delve into this.