The reassembly instructions for the hydraulic cylinder for my FEL have step (b)
I'm surprised they don't manufacture these with a lead-in chamfer already machined. My lathe can't handle these pieces, but even if it could, I wouldn't want to clamp down on the seal surface. So then I'm left with a sanding disk on a side grinder or something similar...
The top picture is the bucket rod, bottom is the lift rod. Bucket rod has just the sharp edge, but the lift rod has at least a radius. I wish it were more, because once I get the seal stack installed in the cap and compressed enough for the circlip to be installed, the seal ID will be pushed in enough that I can see the reassembly will be a bear.
I'll go out at experiment with a side grinder and some steel wool on something similar, but in the mean time, I thought I'd ask for some recommendations on how would you add the chamfer.
p.s. The bucket rod picture shows what looks like a bad surface, but it is just a reflection of something above. They're also resting on plastic shelving, even though it looks like rusty metal shelving.
This post was edited by timsch on 02/09/2023 at 02:00 pm.
I'm surprised they don't manufacture these with a lead-in chamfer already machined. My lathe can't handle these pieces, but even if it could, I wouldn't want to clamp down on the seal surface. So then I'm left with a sanding disk on a side grinder or something similar...
The top picture is the bucket rod, bottom is the lift rod. Bucket rod has just the sharp edge, but the lift rod has at least a radius. I wish it were more, because once I get the seal stack installed in the cap and compressed enough for the circlip to be installed, the seal ID will be pushed in enough that I can see the reassembly will be a bear.
I'll go out at experiment with a side grinder and some steel wool on something similar, but in the mean time, I thought I'd ask for some recommendations on how would you add the chamfer.
p.s. The bucket rod picture shows what looks like a bad surface, but it is just a reflection of something above. They're also resting on plastic shelving, even though it looks like rusty metal shelving.
This post was edited by timsch on 02/09/2023 at 02:00 pm.