[AT] Diamonds in the rough?

[charlie hill]

Another option might be to go to this site, http://www.surpluscenter.com/ 
and see if they happen to have cylinders that will work as replacements. 
Their prices are usually very reasonable.  It's a long shot but it won't 
take long or cost much to find out.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Diamonds in the rough?


> So, I see two excellent thoughts on what to do about a badly rusted
> cylinder rod on the backhoe I am thinking about buying.
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/babes-in-the-woods/mfbackhoe1.html>
>
> So the question becomes: which is the better of the various
> alternatives: replace the entire cylinder with new, have the piston rod
> cleaned and re-chromed, or replace the rod with one made of alloy
> (assuming that my local hydraulic cylinder repair guy is capable of that
> feat)?
>
> I generally try to store all of my hydraulic cylinders in the retracted
> position, while the owner of the above backhoe obviously did just the
> opposite (although, oddly enough, the other two rods are just fine!). I
> can see that the cost of correcting the problem could easily double my
> potential investment in the machine!
>
> Mike
>
> Mark Greer wrote:
>> John,
>> I have done the same thing on a couple cylinders I've "saved" which saved 
>> me
>> a bunch of money. One thing to consider is that if the machine sits out 
>> in
>> "the big shed" and the cylinders are not stored in the retracted position
>> the hi-alloy (4140, etc.) rods will rust up fairly quickly. Hard chrome
>> plating on cylinder rods does double duty as an excellent wear resistant
>> surface and a corrosion preventative but it is very expensive.
>> Mark Greer
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "JParks" <jkparks at flash.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Diamonds in the rough?
>>
>>
>>> Mike
>>> When repairing cylinders/replacing rods I try to steer people to machine
>>> shops who replace the chrome rods with hi-alloy rods.  They are much
>> cheaper
>>> than chrome, and will not knick/score/chip the way chrome will.  (about
>> 1/3
>>> the cost too)  In our area we have a couple of machine shops who carry
>>> various sizes in stock, but if not on hand, a day or so of UPS/FedEx
>> ground
>>> shipping usually gets the right size in.  They cut necessary threads on
>> one
>>> end, and weld the pin eye or clevis on the other end.
>>> John
>>> Boise,Id
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