Hiab leg sprung a leak

[Al Cormack]

Looks like the metal pipe/s have corroded inside the leg

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tree Surgeon - Woking | Cormack Tree Care Ltd

[Craig.]

The metal pipes are replaceable relatively cheaply, a good hydraulic supplier will have straight lengths of the pipe and fittings with olives, if you can get access to a pipe bender your sorted.

I`ve replaced quite a few on my crane from the leg control valve to the legs, the pipe was either 10 or 12mm od, got the same size from the hydraulic supplier, took the old ones off, and copied them with the new pipe using an adjustable hand held pipe bender.

[Al Cormack]

The metal pipes are replaceable relatively cheaply, a good hydraulic supplier will have straight lengths of the pipe and fittings with olives, if you can get access to a pipe bender your sorted.

 

I`ve replaced quite a few on my crane from the leg control valve to the legs, the pipe was either 10 or 12mm od, got the same size from the hydraulic supplier, took the old ones off, and copied them with the new pipe using an adjustable hand held pipe bender.

 

 

Sounds pretty straight forward. I'll have to find the other end of the pipe...[emoji106]

Thanks Craig.

 

 

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[Al Cormack]

Taken the leg off, undone pipes the other end and hoped I could just pull out....

 

Nope!

 

What's holding them in?

 

 

 

 

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[treequip]

good hydraulic supplier will have straight lengths of the pipe and fittings with olives.

 

If you ask for olives for those hydraulics, you had better be ordering a martini

:laugh1:

[Al Cormack]

[emoji23]

Done it now. Had to slide the whole leg out to undo a clamp.

 

 

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[aspenarb]

Measure the OD of the pipe Al, there is a fair chance of there being some here and the bender to go with it.

 

Bob

[Al Cormack]

Measure the OD of the pipe Al, there is a fair chance of there being some here and the bender to go with it.

 

 

 

Bob

 

 

Ok, Cheers Bob.

I'll measure it tomorrow.

 

 

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