cylinder rebuild

Howdy folks! It's been a while. OK, so it's not that I'm a slacker... it's just that I bust a$$ all the time and there are some projects I never seem to get to. I've been 'kicking the can' on my leaking backhoe cylinders for years. I have a bunch of cat litter pans that I keep under the...

Hello all, I'm new to tractors and hydraulics as a whole. I have experience with most other things though. Yesterday the left cylinder piston on our front loader snapped in half. Of course the replacement part is about $1200 that we don't have right now. I really want to use the brush hog this...

Wanted to share this video to help anyone who might be thinking about doing a swing cylinder rebuild on a backhoe themselves. It was an intimidating job that ended up being nowhere near as bad as expected. I am working on my 98 Ford / New Holland 555E in this video, I hope this helps!