Re: JD's 1941 180 Limousine

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/11/19 9:58:31

I have zero experience with the hydraulics, but just from general experience I don't think a seal would last and perform for long on that shaft. I guess the traditional solutions would be to spray-metalize or electroplate to oversize and machine back to standard. If the worn section were on the far end then cutting undersize and sleeving would work, but i can't see how you'd do that now, unless you machined the entire shaft undersize and used a full-length sleeve. I'll bet the shaft is hardened as well. I wonder if any super-hard polymerics might work on that section? If so, one could knurl that section to promote adhesion of the polymer.