hydraulic cylinder rebuild price?

Tiger Joe

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whats an average price to have a hydraulic cylinder rebuilt?

I had to get the cylinder on my dearborn snow plow rebuilt, as it wouldn't lift the blade. I was SUPPOSED to get an estimate to rebuild it first vs replacing, however they never called and just went ahead and rebuilt it. They want $212 for the rebuild.

That seems high to me, but I don't know anything about rebuilding cylinders. I would probably be able to swallow this price easier if someone had called and priced a new one vs rebuilt for me.
 
Pretty fair price, in fact depending on
size and type of seals it could be
extremely cheap price. Some seals can be
very expensive, and depending on the
condition and type it can easily be a
couple hours or more to disassemble clean
and reassemble even a small cylinder.
 
Our company builds machines that use a lot of fairly small cylinders. Most sell for $ 200.00 or wee bit less. I get a lot of those calls pricing NEW verses what they got quoted rebuilt for. More often than not they buy the NEW one as it was cheaper than the rebuilt.
 
(quoted from post at 11:34:32 11/20/15) Pretty fair price, in fact depending on
size and type of seals it could be
extremely cheap price. Some seals can be
very expensive, and depending on the
condition and type it can easily be a
couple hours or more to disassemble clean
and reassemble even a small cylinder.

Factory I used to work at stopped rebuilding cylinders years ago, it was cheaper to throw away and buy new.
 
I'm nat saying it is high or low, but I tend to rebuild my own cylinders. Yes it is a little tricky getting them apart, but its a whole lot cheaper!!

I rebuilt the cylinders on My John Deere 158 loader a couple months ago. Deere wanted $92.00 for a seal kit for the lift cylnders and $80.00 for the seal kit for the bucket cylinders. I was able to buy each rebuild kit from Baum Hydraulics for $15.00 & $16.00 each.

If you had to pay the $92.00 for a seal kit, then $200.00 is a fairprice for a seal kit and labor.

https://www.baumhydraulics.com/
 
you got a fair deal. there is labor involved in taking cylinder apart to give see what's wrong to give you an estimate. from the price you paid, I'd assume you were charged 2 hours labor and a seal kit. if you got a new rod, or maybe a new barrel as well you got an unbelievable good deal.
 
I did one of my lift cylinders on the 158 JD loader. Other one may need it sometime ?

Did baum hyd. know what it took from a JD part number or did you have to send them the old seals to match up ?

I know many times I just take the old seals to a local hyd and get matched up for other stuff.
 
I don't know where you are located, but I just had all four cylinders on my BushHog 2400 QT loader rebuilt in Ashland Ky. I had looked into replacing them but that was going to be outrageous. The BushHog cylinders seem to be a little harder than most to rebuild. I had 2 different shops explain to me that they use an aluminum sleeve and it apparently oxidizes and makes them near impossible to get apart. They worked on them for several days. Total was $400 for all four cylinders. I was well pleased.
Hydraulic Services and Supply
 
not brain surgery to rebuild..like they said below.. Try it next time worse that can happen is you take it in to have them do it. I bought the tool that fits in the holes to get it apart. Alot easier than large vice grips. unless you've scored the ram or damaged the thing kids are about 15-25 bucks usually its a leaking seal. I took one in off my v rake to gets parts for rebuild last summer. It was a foreign cylinder so I bought a new one for cheaper than the foreign rebuild..
 
here in N. MS, the guy I use gets around $125. He estimates one hr labor at $60 /hr plus seal kit. At that, I dont want to mess with it.
 
yeah I probably could have done it myself, but figured if I was going to the shop looking for seals, i would ask them for an estimate first- especially since i thought it wasn't that bad considering it still functioned fine empty, just not with weight on it.

I'm more annoyed they didn't give me an estimate before fixing it. I'll really be mad if I find out a new cylinder was cheaper than the rebuild price.
 
I rebuilt all four of mine.

I looked at thier website and they had a manual that I downloaded. The manual is very friendly to say the least. It was segragtaed by manufatcure and model number, it also had the JD p/n's in to too.



(quoted from post at 20:44:32 11/20/15) I did one of my lift cylinders on the 158 JD loader. Other one may need it sometime ?

Did baum hyd. know what it took from a JD part number or did you have to send them the old seals to match up ?

I know many times I just take the old seals to a local hyd and get matched up for other stuff.
 
Depends on what they had to do. I'd say they were in about the middle range. I had a short (12-14 inches long) blade level cylinder rebuilt and that one cost $280.
 
Hi, I have a cat 416 backhoe w/4n1 bucket. The
seals for the cylinders that open the bucket are
roughly $90 each. I do the cylinders myself usually.
If some rods have a scratch I can smooth it with
emery cloth. Works good. Some cyls are too heavy
for 1 old person. Ed will
 
UNLESS they were charging you for some very rare seals and packing that they had to have made or something in my opinion you really got hosed. Have a lot of cylinder work and that just seems very high to me , but they may have had to re chrome a rod or something not being said.
 
You should have been given an estimate if you indicated that you wanted one that I will have to give you. As far as the price on repair, I have repaired hundreds over the years. Totally depends on what size and type of cylinder. I repaired two this fall from a loader on a farm tractor. If I had charged him for all the grief those seals gave me, he could have bought three new ones. I don't remember what I charged but I did tell his brother they were a son o b . I have the ability to charge what I think is fair but a dealer, or regular repair facility is going to go by the book. By the time the billing gets to the final destination, the one doing the billing most likely has no idea of what took place. Called progress. About all you can do now is find out what the parts cost and if labor sounds excessive, complain a little to them.
 
Tigger... WHY didn't you take it apart and install new seals on your own?

If you are in an area that has good local hydraulic shops you could have got seals from one of them.

Or, if no local sources, Baum Hydraulics or several other places around the country could have helped you out.

Once you turn the project over to a shop that has to cover overhead and pay the $$$ help and make a PROFIT it gets expensive in a hurry!

Doesn't mater if yours is a hobbiest/homeowner project, you are gonna PAY just like their commercial/industrial customers that need help/repairs NOW!

If you owned the shop would it be any different?
 
The people all saying how easy it is and do
it yourself have to remember that not all
cylinders are designed alike. I have worked
on some cylinders that took heat and force
applied to the wrench with a backhoe, or
aluminum glands with lock clips that are
seized in and the tang breaks off. Many
variables, and yes plenty come apart just
fine but many, especially old stuff like
the original poster is asking about, often
are stuck or goobered up from many years of
use, neglect, abuse or just plain weather
and age
 
don't sound much out of the way, they can be a bear to get apart. we had a 416 cat hoe, the crowd cylinder blew a seal and the local hydraulic business couldn't get it apart, had to take it to
a cat dealer....a touch over $700
 
Well I picked up the cylinder yesterday. Apparently this shop has a reputation for not giving people estimates. Guy showed me my slip it said right on it "call with estimate for rebuild and new"

Guy told me somebody shows up about once a month just like me stuck with a bill they never ok'd.

"Supervisor" in the back was a total jack@ss and if I had to deal with him I woulda told him forget it I wasn't paying. Kid at the counter was the one who tried his hardest to make it right.

I don't care if that was a steal of a price will never go back there after the poor service and terrible attitude
 
If I remove the cylinder, my guy charges $75-100 depending how many kicks are in the rod. Rebuild
kits cost me $55. I do have the o ring for the rod, which is the one that usually leaks. If I can
get the cylinder apart, I usually do it my self. Sometimes it easier to leave cylinder on tractor
and just take apart the rod end. I clean up rust on the cylinder end with a brake hone.
 
Hi, I have a cat 416 backhoe w/4n1 bucket. The
seals for the cylinders that open the bucket are
roughly $90 each. I do the cylinders myself usually.
If some rods have a scratch I can smooth it with
emery cloth. Works good. Some cyls are too heavy
for 1 old person. Ed will
 
Hi, I have a cat 416 backhoe w/4n1 bucket. The
seals for the cylinders that open the bucket are
roughly $90 each. I do the cylinders myself usually.
If some rods have a scratch I can smooth it with
emery cloth. Works good. Some cyls are too heavy
for 1 old person. Ed will
 

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