Joel, any thoughts about cleaning the casing internally and the bearings, or torquing the bolts? Replacing all the shaft seals is a great idea, too. Then prime with new, clean fluid & drain and clean the reservoir - than refill with new, clean fluid.
Well guess I'm a noob when it comes to hydraulics because I was working on one of these in the garage and thought it was a pump. It had been sitting outside for who knows how long, got it with a bunch of steel and various other stuff, and while it still have the plastic plugs in place somehow water had gotten in so I was taking it apart to clean it. It does have a splined shaft however I thought that was for power it not the other way around. How can you tell a motor from a pump?
@@sadamhusein6307 Oh okay. Thanks. Pretty sure what I have is a motor then. Been a bit since I've looked at it. Other projects taking up time and don't need it right now so you know how it is.
What a jolly man! And I was looking forward to what he has planned to do differently, to prevent the hard start from breaking a third shaft--is there a way to install some kind of soft-start valve?
Joel Wyttenbach: Joel: Maybe an accumulator would fill the bill, acting like the water-hammer arrestors that plumbers use to stop damaging shock from closing faucets too fast. I wonder how your newer machine works to prevent broken shafts though.
soft start cost massive money rather than replacing the gear if its manual hand control valve you can just tell the operator to open the valve slowly if its solenoid operated you cant slow start, it wil open at maximun flow buttt if you instal servo based solenoid you can slow start but the cost is way over than broken gear 😂
@@sadamhusein6307 : I hear you, but still don’t believe that it would be so costly to configure soft start somehow, whether springs, accumulator, electronic solenoid control, mechanical solenoid buffering (with mechanical resistance as you used to see on slow-opening cassette tape players) or gradually-opening valves in the hydraulic circuit. Maybe you’re right and nothing affordable yet exists. If so, some diligent retiree or entrepreneur should make it happen!
That was excellent although basic nuts and bolts, but I must say this is not your first time replacing a broken shaft, well done sir one way to keep machines working at a fraction of the cost of replacing a new pump.Cheers from Kildare Ireland.
