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Thanks Fred. Will see how good fit it will be after i have them turned. Think i still have Strong Loctite filler on the shelf since i worked on the drive bearings

Have been thinking a little about mounting of the new bushings. The bushings should probably not be assembled tight together, i think there should be some or a few mm spacing between them, as the lubrication channel opens out between them. If they get stuck together, which they risk to be when the p...

Is this what you mean by reaming Jeremy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi2YSkVzb7s
Do you mean reaming the surface inside the cylinder ear where the bush is to fit?

Thanks for your input Jeremy. Yes yes i have understood that they changed part from time to time. I think i will try to get someone to turn them down for me. As you said the tolerance is important. I want them to fit tight

Had a day of yesterday and spent some time on my Hymac. I decided to remove the worn bom cylinder bushings. With the "small" puller they reluctantly came out :thumbup: paintBäst bild, pressar ut första bussningen.jpg Bussning från baksidan.jpg pil.jpg The brass bushes should be 50.8 mm inw...

The next thing i have i plan for my excavator before spring is to replace the very worn lover bushings on the rams lifting the boom. But the weather does everything to ruin my plans

Yes, maybe it is that way

You seem to have a lot more used parts to get hold on over there. I dont know a singel one scraped Hymac i Sweden

Haha maybe so

In the fall i got hold on a tilt bucket and a ripper tooth for a good price. The only problem was, i didn't had extra hydraulics on the dipper arm :think: My Hymac had an extra boost function on the dipper arm, allowing me to control the dipper with two controls. Very good if you want to move the di...