Question on JD 530 Round Baler

On the lazy side, rebuild the cylinder.

Bet you don"t know how I know this? Grin.

The rest of the story. The kits were like $65. I had a JD 95 combine once and rebuilt all the hydraulics. Encountered every imaginable type of cylinder with each having a diferent method to access the innerds! Been awhile and I forgot what I learned.

So I start in on my 530 and get into the "good" cylinder first. Why? Because it was on the side of the baler next to the work bench. In the process of relearning the process, I unknowingly selected the wrong cylinder...senior moment I guess cause I bought the kits cause of what we are talking about.

So, in the process of repairing the good one, I tore up the new seal upon reinsertion of the ram into the cylinder. So I reluctantly used the seal from the second kit destined for the other side.

Finished that one, took the other apart just to see how bad it was. Well, it was really worn out and should have been the one that I replaced first....had I paid attention to which side of the gate that wasn"t locking I"d have known.....but that was quite awhile before I bought the kits as this was a winter project.

So I wound up taking the worn seal from the better cylinder (which someone had obviously rebuilt before) and installed in the weak cylinder. It passed the operational tests after the repair but has not been field tested. If it doesn"t work I will have to go back and get another $65 kit just to get the plastic seal out of it.

Oh well.

Mark

But, I've found it's a good idea to "visit" the prospective new find often. About the 3rd or 4th trip ya kinda start to get an idea of what shape this machine is really in.

The "glossy/shiny" part wears off by that time and ya start to see all those "dings" and "owies". Happens every darned time. :>)

Allan

I would hook it to the tractor and cycle the door a couple of times and then see what it does.

When you cycle make sure you go all the way up and all the way down.

Gary