Jinma gland nut removal wtf

[4570Man]

Sounds to me like an exercise in buggering up the fitting to me.

It’s not beautiful but neither is the usual approach of a big pipe wrench and cheater pipe. If you can apply enough torque without hitting it obviously that’s better.

 

[Bob435]

I find that loosening the gland before removing the cylinder is good if possible. Tapping on the barrel where the threads are with brass hammer can help too. Sometimes I have resorted to heat on older machines. I have rebuilt dozens on the machine, most of the time the barrel doesn’t need work.

Sounds to me like an exercise in buggering up the fitting to me.

Air - First thing i do break the gland nut loose while still on the machine. This SOB would not give in. After the normal techniques failed then went with the pipe wrench + 4' pipe, heat, tapping etc. With thread corrosion it was no go.

If I run into another SOB, I will send it your way. lol

I rather work on the larger cylinders,

Bob G.

 

[newbury]

Here are the spanner wrench tools to remove the type of gland nut you have.

Amazon.com

Have you actually used the tools you linked to?
They look rather flimsy, and several reviews mention bending the tool,

 

[LDCravey]

Have you actually used the tools you linked to?
They look rather flimsy, and several reviews mention bending the tool,

Yes I have used one similar to the large one to break at least 5 gland nuts on cylinders approximately 5" in diameter. Use a big pipe on the end. The ones shown in the link are not the same as the ones I use, but are similar. Mine are more heavy duty. The link was just a starting point reference since he could use to find appropriate tools.

 

[andre3k]

Have you actually used the tools you linked to?
They look rather flimsy, and several reviews mention bending the tool,

No way those will work on a tight gland nut. 4ft pipe wrench is the best way to go. Yeah you might get some indentions on the nut, but that's replaceable.

 

[newbury]

Yes I have used one similar to the large one to break at least 5 gland nuts on cylinders approximately 5" in diameter. Use a big pipe on the end. The ones shown in the link are not the same as the ones I use, but are similar. Mine are more heavy duty. The link was just a starting point reference since he could use to find appropriate tools.

That's why I was asking. Gad, almost all the spanners are similar, but some are cheap flimsy knockoffs while some are good sturdy spanners.
@LDCravey - Can you link to the ones you used?

 

[Flogger]

Europeans love slipper seals. I detest them to the core. Back in the day I had a 16' bench with drain rails made from a 12" wide and 1/2" thick I-beam. 2 8" vises and a 6 to 1 multiplier. Still found a few I couldn't get off.

 

[DonRina]

Well, my setup ended up working and did not mark the caps so I count that as a win. The soon to be installation will use some never seize.