Hello!
Is it likely that rods on my 3point hitch cylinders wore out before the first seals were even changed?
I brought both of cylinders to repair shop to fix a minor oil leak this week. The tractor has 3000 hours and the hardest job it has done hitch-wise is plowing probably 15 hectares with a 4-furrow reversible plow. The leak was pretty minor (oil runoff didn't even reach the other end of the cylinder). I just wanted to fix it before it gave me any trouble during hay season. After putting back supposedly repaired cylinders it turned out nothing has changed - i saw oil on both cylinder rods from the very first time i raised the hitch, no load at all. Guys from repair shop are telling me that they changed both seals and if leak persists it must be that rods are worn out. I'm not an engineer but is it realistic that steel rods wore out faster than rubber seals around them?
-matains
Is it likely that rods on my 3point hitch cylinders wore out before the first seals were even changed?
I brought both of cylinders to repair shop to fix a minor oil leak this week. The tractor has 3000 hours and the hardest job it has done hitch-wise is plowing probably 15 hectares with a 4-furrow reversible plow. The leak was pretty minor (oil runoff didn't even reach the other end of the cylinder). I just wanted to fix it before it gave me any trouble during hay season. After putting back supposedly repaired cylinders it turned out nothing has changed - i saw oil on both cylinder rods from the very first time i raised the hitch, no load at all. Guys from repair shop are telling me that they changed both seals and if leak persists it must be that rods are worn out. I'm not an engineer but is it realistic that steel rods wore out faster than rubber seals around them?
-matains
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