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07-29-2019, 10:32 PM
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125 hydraulic lift broke - help!
Hey guys, been a while... Testing out my new brinly box blade today... picked it up many times and then finally the end of the lift cylinder rod snapped off. Scared the crap outta me - luckily I didn't have any digits in the way as the blade came crashing down! So... I have two questions:
1 - The rod broke right where the threads start, and there was a hole thru the center of the shaft there (horizontally). Is that factory? I can't imagine it was, as there is no possible use for it that I can think of plus it creates a huge weak point. 2 - Any ideas on sourcing or fabricating a new rod? I see one of the parts dealers will sell me the whole cylinder for big bux but I only need the rod! I did have the whole thing apart at one time but that was awhile ago and I can't remember how the piston attaches... Anybody know offhand? If I can find a hunk of chromed rod the right diameter maybe I can make one? Thanks all! Rob 
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#2
07-29-2019, 10:42 PM
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hmmm... just did a quick search and found this thread:
https://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/...ight=hydraulic I just sent them a quick message!
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#3
07-30-2019, 01:42 AM
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Ok now I have the whole shebang off and the cylinder mostly apart but I can NOT get the piston off the old busted rod. I don't see any roll pins or anything and I don't want to bugger the piston up even though I was holding it with my aluminum jaws in my 5" Parker vise (a biggun - 115lbs!). I was trying to turn the rod with the biggest vise grips I have. Grind some flats in it since it's junk anyway?
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#4
07-30-2019, 06:44 AM
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Pictures would be most helpful.
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08-01-2019, 06:11 PM
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I have a flickr account but I can't seem to get the dang pictures to upload...
Anyway, I found a place locally that is making me a new shaft. I told them they should write down the dimensions somewhere since I know a lot of you guys have rams with rusty crusty rods. I'll post the measurements here once I get the new one - I left the old rod with them. I know it has different sized threads on each end.
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08-01-2019, 06:29 PM
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 2019-07-30_03-19-31 by rickenbacker_man, on Flickr 2019-07-30_03-14-58 by rickenbacker_man, on FlickrHmmm... I finally got it! I did manage to get the piston off the rod BTW. I ground some flats in the shaft and had to use a BIG pipe wrench - that sucker was TIGHT! In the first pic you can see where some previous genius drilled a hole thru the dang thing.
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08-17-2019, 12:05 AM
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Well after a grueling 3 hour 30 mile round trip (with about 15 minutes at the shop) around the DC beltway I picked up my new shaft. They put a new piston seal on it which looks much nicer than the O-ring I had on there prior - it was an IH part but the thing did leak down pretty quickly before - we'll see how it does now. The tube had a pretty bad scratch inside - they were going to hone it but they didn't have any small enough. I have a couple car brake cylinder hones so I hit it with one of those and cleaned it out good afterward... Total damage was about $67 for the rod and seal and labor, more than I thought it would be but these parts are unobtanium so custom stuff costs I guess.
Anyway, she's all back together, deck back on and the lift filled up with hytran... I plan on mowing tomorrow so I'll report back. Here's the place that made it: https://www.hydraulicshop.us/index.html This place is BUSY so don't be in a hurry! I can post measurements and thread sizes if anybody wants but I read an older message where somebody said the threads are the same size on both ends - mine are NOT. So maybe these aren't all the same?
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08-17-2019, 06:44 AM
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Glad to hear you got it fixed.
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