Adirondack case guy
Well-known Member
This question has come up many many times. HOW DO YOU REMOVE THE CYLINDERS. It seams that there is no way, but it is actually pretty easy.
Step 1 pressure wash the area. step 2 put a jack under belly and take weight off front wheels so you can easily turn them without the steering wheel. Step 3 Remove Jesus clip that holds the puck screw in place. There is a reason that it is called a Jesus clip and worse. You can not get a 7/16' socket on the grease jerk with the clip in place, and chances are that you can't attach vise grips to turn out the jerk. 4 Get an O-ring pick out of your tool box and hook the SOB clip and rotate it out so the bow is in front of jerk. 5 clamp vise grips on clip and move it back and forth. One end will come out of hole and then you can remove it. 6 Screw out the puck retaining screw. If you don't have a draglink tool in your arsenal a file or piece of flat stock will suffice to fit in the slots and take the threaded retainer out. 7 Now you have to remove the rear Castel nut. Guess what; the whole ball in the end of cylinder turns!! Luckily there is a slot in the threaded ball and usually a big screw driver with a wrench on it will hold it from turning. 8 Wow, you have it all loose and just unscrewed the hose from the cylinder. Watch out!! at the least little bit you collapse the cylinder it will squirt you with oil. Better have rag handy. Step 9, now that you wiped the oil off your shirt and pants, you find that the brace welded under the wishbone won't let the cylinder come off the riveted ball on the steering sector. Step 10, no you don't take torch and cut bract off the wishbone. Instead, look on back side to the steering sector where the pivot pin is. There is a allen socket set screw with jam nut. Remove it and you should be able to remove the pivot pin with perhaps the aid of vise grips. Step 11, push the sector to the side to allow the cylinder to drop off ball. Step 12 take cylinder to hydraulic shop and let him wrestle out the Jesus retainer inside the port of the cylinder.
Now that was simple and easy wasn't it. HeHe'
Step 1 pressure wash the area. step 2 put a jack under belly and take weight off front wheels so you can easily turn them without the steering wheel. Step 3 Remove Jesus clip that holds the puck screw in place. There is a reason that it is called a Jesus clip and worse. You can not get a 7/16' socket on the grease jerk with the clip in place, and chances are that you can't attach vise grips to turn out the jerk. 4 Get an O-ring pick out of your tool box and hook the SOB clip and rotate it out so the bow is in front of jerk. 5 clamp vise grips on clip and move it back and forth. One end will come out of hole and then you can remove it. 6 Screw out the puck retaining screw. If you don't have a draglink tool in your arsenal a file or piece of flat stock will suffice to fit in the slots and take the threaded retainer out. 7 Now you have to remove the rear Castel nut. Guess what; the whole ball in the end of cylinder turns!! Luckily there is a slot in the threaded ball and usually a big screw driver with a wrench on it will hold it from turning. 8 Wow, you have it all loose and just unscrewed the hose from the cylinder. Watch out!! at the least little bit you collapse the cylinder it will squirt you with oil. Better have rag handy. Step 9, now that you wiped the oil off your shirt and pants, you find that the brace welded under the wishbone won't let the cylinder come off the riveted ball on the steering sector. Step 10, no you don't take torch and cut bract off the wishbone. Instead, look on back side to the steering sector where the pivot pin is. There is a allen socket set screw with jam nut. Remove it and you should be able to remove the pivot pin with perhaps the aid of vise grips. Step 11, push the sector to the side to allow the cylinder to drop off ball. Step 12 take cylinder to hydraulic shop and let him wrestle out the Jesus retainer inside the port of the cylinder.
Now that was simple and easy wasn't it. HeHe'