[AT] Re: Hydraulic components

[Mike Sloane]

Relative to the Teflon tape, I read that if you start the tape a couple 
of threads back from the end, there is little danger of any getting into 
the system. Most folks have a tendency to start it right at the end of 
the fitting, but where it is needed is back at least 5 or 6 threads in.

Mike

dfolske at nccray.net wrote:
> I have seen flakes of galvanizing material plugging orifices in 
> hydraulic systems using galvanized pipe.  It doesn't happen often 
> but it can. I've also seen orifices plugged with bits of teflon tape.  
> Most implement dealers will tell you not to use that on hydraulic 
> systems either but they still have it for sale on the parts counter!
> 
> Some of the service bulletins I've seen for setting up hydraulic 
> motors for various purposes (fan drives on air seeders, for one) 
> specified using black pipe as much as possible rather than rubber 
> hoses for heat dissapation.  One bulletin mentioned that galvanized 
> pipe did not dissapate heat as well as black pipe either.
> 
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