Recommendation to anyone who needs hydraulic work done. Contact Lew Townsend in Seattle.(206) 498-7282. email address lewtowns...@comcast.net. Several people on the list have used him with excellent results.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 1:21 PM CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > Just wanted to confess something that went wrong and I'm still learning. Had > a major "fail" today trying to rebuild a hydraulic ram for my backstay. > Moral of the story: take it to a qualified service company. > > Background: > My local hydraulic repair shop that rebuilt my ram fifteen years ago, was > very busy, short workers, and needed *three or four weeks* before getting > to look at my leaking ram. A friend of mine said I might be able to > replace the seals myself. I checked YouTube and learned a few tricks and > found the drawings and operation manual for Navtec rams, ordered the seal > kit online and carefully disassembled the ram and installed the new seals, > o-rings, bearings, etc but hit a wall trying to put it all back together. > I couldn't get one of the seals onto the piston and I couldn't get that > whole assembly to go into the cylinder. It takes special tools and skills, > I don't have. > > Good news: I took my kit to my local repair shop today, and explained my > problem, and they looked it over, said most of it looked good, but I nicked > one of the seals, and feeling sorry for me, they ordered me a new part, and > put me ahead on their schedule. > > I hate having systems on my boat I can't service myself but I guess some > things are best left to the professional. > > Chuck S >
