IH Hydraulic Cylinder Repair

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2008

I have a few, various sized IH hydraulic cylinders that have external leaks as well as internal leaks which allows the equipment to settle down.

Question: Has anyone ever put a seal kit in a hydraulic cylinder and have much luck with making it like new? Or, are these kind of like master cylinders and wheel brake cylinders...forget it and buy another?

Bob · Jun 10, 2008

If the cylinder rod isn't beat to heck, or badly rust pitted, AND the cylinder bore is not badly worn or grooved from debris, the cylinder should be rebuildable, good as new.

the tractor vet · Jun 10, 2008

Yes i have rebuilt some and like said below if the rod is good and the tube is good they no problem . I deglaze the tube with a cylinder hone with a 220 grit stone and install the kit and they work well.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2008

Tractor Vet, not disputing what you say but wondering about honing the cylinder wall. Understand on engine cylinder walls with steel/chrome rings. Wouldn't scuffing the Hydraulic cylinder wall damage the new seals?

Bob · Jun 10, 2008

"Wouldn't scuffing the Hydraulic cylinder wall damage the new seals?"

Not nearly as much as NOT honing out scratches and scars!

r4etired · Jun 10, 2008

When I tried to buy a seal kit from CIH I was told that IH used so many vendors for cylinders that if I did not know the implement and year of what it came on They would not know the part number of the repair. They must have had 25 returned kits that were wrong.

Zach Bouchard · Jun 10, 2008

I just got one rebuilt on a ladder truck we got. I took it to a hydaulic shop and it cost $120. Which was cheap capared to a new one for close to three times that. They honed it out and put in oversized seals. It works great and it was cheaper. You also new that it would fit when you went to reinstall it which was nice.

J.J. from Afton · Jun 10, 2008

Ive rebuilt a couple cylinders for 3point hitchs and all four on our old skidsteer. Just take all apart clean all the parts and inspect em. If its all good hone the cylinder tube to remove any scrathes and what not. Clean the tube again and put it back together with new O-rings, seals and what not and they work like new.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 11, 2008

Condensation collecting under the oil in a cylinder that is not used very often, can be the cause of rust pitting. I've cleaned them with emery cloth and put in a new O ring, worked fine.

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