Troll Hunter Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Admittedly, this is almost off topic, although I can claim that I'm working on my Kubota outdoors because my Landy is in the shop. Seriously, I want to draw on the wealth of engineering expertise on the forum to ask if there is any "cheap" remedy for worn pin journals on hydraulic cylinders. The pin journals have worn in the PUSH/PULL direction, allowing too much play. I know that I could buy new cylinders (SPENDY! SPENDY!), but is there any other remedy. My Kubota is not used in a commercial application, only adding about 30 hours use per year, mainly snow clearance, so longevity under hard use is not a criteria. Many thanks, in advance, for any and all suggestions and experience, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Open the holes up and make new pins or open the holes up and bush them back down to size. Or fill the holes with weld and then remachine to size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 What he ^^^^^ says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Our digger man recently had the same thing done on his big digger, insitu re-boring of the worn hole, then sleeve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Better to drill out and bush back to size, then when wear starts to occur again it is much easier repair than if you increase the pin size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Hunter Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Many thanks for the advice, all. I'm off to my local machine shop to get an estimate for boring and sleeving. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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