Another digger problem

[scarecrow]

I have a bit of an idea about this one as the two lugs of the swing cylinder come up through the top casing and are just covered with what looks like a giant Frost plug if I could apply some downward pressure on the lugs while heating the sleeves under neat I was thinking maybe the loader on the John deer kind of using it as a press

 

[jugs]

I have a bit of an idea about this one as the two lugs of the swing cylinder come up through the top casing and are just covered with what looks like a giant Frost plug if I could apply some downward pressure on the lugs while heating the sleeves under neat I was thinking maybe the loader on the John deer kind of using it as a press

And what if something slips

 

[scarecrow]

I have thought about that and was thinking of welding the short bar to the bottom of the grab and even if it does slip it can't fall as far as the ground where I intend to be. it will just land on the arm of the digger

 

[snowcat]

that might work scarecrow, although in all honesty Iv struggled to apply enough pressure to stuff even with a telehandler or 360, If you think even a baby workshop press is 20 tons, most around 50, even a 13 ton machine can only apply about 6 ton of pressure before it lifts its own weight, It might work tho with the heat....

 

[scarecrow]

that might work scarecrow, although in all honesty Iv struggled to apply enough pressure to stuff even with a telehandler or 360, If you think even a baby workshop press is 20 tons, most around 50, even a 13 ton machine can only apply about 6 ton of pressure before it lifts its own weight, It might work tho with the heat....

I would be surprised as well if it was over 3 or4 tons maybe of pressure as the Loader will only lift about a ton and as with most tractor loaders around the rams are upside down so have double the down force tractors are designed for rear lifting so all the weight forward of the rear wheels so it would have a lot more down forced then the digger itself but I'm hoping to take some of the weight of the two bolts so that they don't ring off and if they do I will probably have to make a press that I could pass the arm trough
to get and enough down forced when heating lets hope it doesn't come to that