Thanks for the video. A customer asked me to rebuild the lift and tilt cylinders on a 740 Deere loader. Since I didn't have a large enough spanner, I tried a 36" pipe wrench on the lift cylinders but they wouldn't budge. So I used an air chisel with a dulled chisel to break them loose. The problem was it also loosened the gland inside so I used a come-along to put pressure on the gland and then using the air chisel was able to get the gland nut loosened up enough to remove. After driving the gland in to get to the retaining ring I used an old small screw driver as a punch to get the ring out of the groove and then used a needle nosed vice grip to remove the ring. I really appreciate your video and that cylinder holding set up with the hydraulic cylinder to push the pipe wrench is really slick.
@@mayshydraulic I been working on heavy equipment all my life. I did work for a hydraulic shop that would always send me out when their guys couldn’t do the job. The owner would put his magnets over my name on my truck and tell the customers that he was send his best guy. I did on site Hydraulic repair cylinders, pumps, and all hydraulic related issues. Keep the videos coming. Good intuitive videos.
I just started my 40th year in hydraulic repairs and have seen some really screwed up homemade tools, this isn’t one of them. This is basic, simple and only mildly dangerous. The Pipe Wrench will be the week point, so as long as you’re not using imported Pipe Wrenches I’d say you have a pretty good setup. KUDO’s! (A face shield would be a good idea in case the handle snaps, it would prevent possible eye damage, I speak from experience)
Thank you so much for the advice and compliment. We have actually made a vise style wrench made from 1/2 metal and two 1in pieces of all thread. We use a pipe Ridge pipe wrench, but for smaller, easier jobs.
Good video. I'm doing the same job on a 740 loader lift ram but the outer collar nut won't back out. I have it turning but it just turns in the same place. Any suggestions?
One thing you could try is soak it in lubrication. If that doesn't work, you could pressurize the cylinder with the loader, then try and remove it. You could also try an air hammer with a duel chisel. And worse case scenario is cut it off to remove it.
I have a 210c. Love it, it's a great workhorse. Here because I blew the seals on my hoe bucket cylinder. Wondering how I'm going to get the 1 5/8 nut off in the field, lol.
After you can get it apart you can remove the barrel from the machine and leave the rod on the machine. You can then us the right socket and breaker bars to remove the nut.
