HOW TO STRAIGHTEN A BEND CYLINDER ROD

Williy · May 11, 2023

Happen to see this on youtube and hope this will be of some help to somebody

willy

tacticalturnip · May 11, 2023

Who bent that? King Kong?

oldnslo · May 11, 2023

Looked like decent job with equipment they had. Any idea on what the bath treatment was?

KWentling · May 12, 2023

oldnslo said:
Looked like decent job with equipment they had. Any idea on what the bath treatment was?

Looked like chrome solution but sure wasn't done anything like the shop I worked at 40 years ago. The rod would have been stripped of the old chrome and when rechromed it would come out with a frosted looking coating that would then be polished or ground. Tear down and reassembly all done on a hydraulic powered bench. Hydraulic torque wrench to loosen and tighten the nut. Pressure tested after assembly. Chroming was done in a ventilated enclosure. Face shield, rubber apron and rubber gloves required. Definitely a different world they live in.

WranglerX · May 12, 2023

oldnslo said:
Looked like decent job with equipment they had. Any idea on what the bath treatment was?

My question also....

WranglerX · May 12, 2023

KWentling said:
Looked like chrome solution but sure wasn't done anything like the shop I worked at 40 years ago. The rod would have been stripped of the old chrome and when rechromed it would come out with a frosted looking coating that would then be polished or ground. Tear down and reassembly all done on a hydraulic powered bench. Hydraulic torque wrench to loosen and tighten the nut. Pressure tested after assembly. Chroming was done in a ventilated enclosure. Face shield, rubber apron and rubber gloves required. Definitely a different world they live in.

But did you notice the dress,,,, My guess was India or Pakistan or general area....They see to get a lot of good work done with out a lot of technology/power tooling....

kwbobwi · May 12, 2023

Bent a 480CK loader rod many years ago and a Case mechanic straightened it the same way, 3 months later it bent again and took out the other rod as well with a full bucket of granite

TractorTech · May 12, 2023

I just picked up a small rod that i had chromed at a rod building and chroming shop in So Cal the other day. Like KWentling said, the YouTube featured is not like that we have and we're in California (think regulations, CAL OSHA, etc).
Excellent shop. They made a new rod for a Cat excavator a few years ago for a job I had. 1/4 the price and 3 months faster!