best place to buy a hydraulic ram for small tractor

[treeroot]

Where's the best place to buy a small hydraulic ram for a small kubota tractor?

Dealer want's 700$

[marky_mark]

princess auto

[treeroot]

Originally Posted by marky_mark

princess auto

figured lol.. I'll take a look when I'm in the city

[Ken07AOVette]

Size specs? I have 1 here might work

[marky_mark]

If you know the size and specs
Someone will have one for far cheaper than the dealership

[treeroot]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

Size specs? I have 1 here might work

Bore is 2.5 inch, stroke is 7 inchs

Each end has a 1 inch pin go through to hold it to tractor

[treeroot]

I think this is my princess auto equivlent

https://www.princessauto.com/en/2-1-...?skuId=8411282

[amosfella]

Originally Posted by treeroot

Where's the best place to buy a small hydraulic ram for a small kubota tractor?

Dealer want's 700$

Find a hydraulic shop to rebuild it. Leaking seal, I presume?

Princess rams are ok, however, they aren't the quality of the OEM ones.

If there's a pair, get both done at once. All too often I've had it where one ram leaks (if they're old), and a week to a month later, the other one in the pair starts leaking.

[esher]

Nothing wrong with a PA ram, the one in the link is out sourced.

[treeroot]

Originally Posted by amosfella

Find a hydraulic shop to rebuild it. Leaking seal, I presume?

Princess rams are ok, however, they aren't the quality of the OEM ones.

If there's a pair, get both done at once. All too often I've had it where one ram leaks (if they're old), and a week to a month later, the other one in the pair starts leaking.

No, the piston pulled off the rod inside the cylinder. THe piston is threaded on the rod with no nut. It unscrewed itself slowly and pulled out of the last bit of threads. Mangled the threads.

[amosfella]

Most shops can machine threads onto a new rod.

[MyAlberta]

What farmer wouldnt pound it together and weld the piston to the rod. Princess auto will be your best bet.

[lannie]

I would get the damaged one repaired for sure. I have done it a few times and its much less cash then new and a common repair.

[MyAlberta]

Originally Posted by amosfella

Most shops can machine threads onto a new rod.

Except that chroming will be more expensive than a PA replacement.

[lannie]

Originally Posted by MyAlberta

Except that chroming will be more expensive than a PA replacement.

I dont think it will need to be rechromed if the piston come off.

[MyAlberta]

Originally Posted by lannie

I dont think it will need to be rechromed if the piston come off.

No, and should be relatively easy repair if only a few threads need to be cleaned up. If a 'new' rod needs to be threaded, I would assume the whole rod would be fab'd. We used to buy microhone tubing, and fab all the other parts. But unless you have access, a machine shop will be to costly, partly because of the need to chrome.

[HyperMOA]

If a hydraulic shop can’t deal with it, she’ll put the $700 for OEM. Princess auto is junk. It will last in a low pressure system that doesn’t function much. If you want a component to operate beyond 1500 psi and last don’t buy power fist.

[Jim]

What machine shop can repair a cylinder for less than $150. You could buy 4 cylinders from princess for less than the price of one OEM. Who cares if it doesn’t last as long.