picked up a log splitter

cylinder rebuild update :

got the cylinder apart. the large lock coller was a bugger. threads were rusty/cruddy and fought the whole way off. who knows how long the cylinder has been on there. now need to get the parts to reassemble.

Check the inside of the cylinder. Make sure there are no defects also.

ya it's going to need a cleaning . being on a splitter it only use's half the travel of the cylinder.

cleaning up the cylinder

Looks like about the way i would do it too,even looks like my tools

Forgive my ignorance, but how is it that the rod doesn't travel the entire length of the cylinder?

It only travels out so far and hits the splitting wedge. this is a 46" long beast
the guys took good care of me at the hydraulic place and got the correct seals/packings . should get this put back together next day or too.

nothing but a hillbilly operation around here , use what you got right still in this project for very little money .

We want the after honing pic!!

Looks great!
Did a lot of crap come out?
Big diff.
Should be interesting how she works after rebuild, and was it worth it?

I always thought that design would be a problem. Is it not? Hitting the wedge to stop.

cylinder only go's out as far as i want it to , I run the controls so i dont let it hit

not to bad deep inside were it travels . whole lot better than it was running before. all i can do is cross my fingers. the outer end is the worst and it wont travel that far anyway.

Machine a spacer inside the cylinder to limit the stroke? Would have to be thick-walled tho. Just a thought.

How much over-travel is there?

The hydraulic cylinder is done. took the rest of the hydraulic parts off to drain old fluid and clean. fixed a small seam leak on the tank and installed a quite muffler. added the new fluid and filter today and fired it up . it's working great

first test run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zT1EEhGlbDs

splitting some wood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ic0bJkKGekI

Now it needs a table and 4 way wedge.

it extended that fast with a 6" cylinder? is that a 30GPM pump? my 16GPM pump and 5" cyl extend no where near that fast....

I have plans for it over the summer. till then let the splitting begin


have a large pile of splits on the right side of this photo that needs to be stacked.

My splitter is in my barn... and it's 250W of CFL lighting... I can split at any time of day or night... and it's still like noon in july... :D

I have no idea on the size of the pump and no clue what it is off of. i do know the fluid gets flowing pretty good in the tank.

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here is the rest of the operation and the wood pile that needs to be split and stacked

http://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/wood-cutting-with-garden-tractors-pics.103513/