Recent content by Hevyduty

When the piston would not pull out I really looked closely to be sure that the snap ring was ALL gone . there may have benn some damage caused by the broken ring that would not allow easy disassembly. I only use the machine around the farm for odd jobs and if I never use it again I will have...

Well looks like I really screwed myself now. the piston did not want to slide out with "some" gentle persuasion so I outsmarted myself. Found a grease zerk that fit the hydraulic inlet and used a grease gun to fill the rotoswivel and force the brass end out of the sleeve and it worked perfectly...

Ok thanks guys, thats exactly what i thought I would find. It looks like I just need to apply a little force to the piston.

Well I didn't keep her clean and got her hot. now the engine has a hard knock. Before a piston goes out the side I want to repair the damage that was done. today I removed the engine and started pulling the sheetmetal off the vh4d wisconsin. the flywheel seems quite stuck but will go at that end...