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D.I.Y Hydraulic Hose Repair
To watch the step by step video click here to see our informative YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JndOT3qvhM4 Before starting work assemble you will need safety glasses, correct spanners, grinder with cut off wheel, tape measure soft jaws for vice, air...
8 Reasons Why a Digital Pressure Gauge is Better than Multiple Analogue Gauges.
Today's blog is all about the advantages of using a “STAUFF DIGI” digital pressure gauge when compared to a bunch of analogue or mechanical pressure gauges and why the 0 to 8700 psi (600 bar) STAUFF DIGI Digital Pressure Gauge is Better than using Multiple Analogue...
Classic Ford Mustang RHD Power Steering and LHD Rack and PinionConversion
WRITTEN ON 30TH OCT, 2013 We recently completed two full installations of power steering pipes and hoses for Gold Coast Classic Mustangs in Helensvale. The first project was completed on a right hand drive conversion and involed the extensive used of Aeroflow...
What High Pressure Hydraulic Oil Can Do To Piston Seal
Yesterday we spent the best part of 3 hours trouble shooting the erratic operation of a quick hitch valve on a 30 ton Sumitomo excavator. After dismantling the valve and picking pieces of black rubber out of the spool and valve body and wondering where the rubber was...
Resealing Leaking Cab Tilt Cylinders on Hino Isuzu and Volvo Prime Movers.
Leaking Cab Tilt Cylinders from Isuzu Hino and Volvo prime movers can be stripped cleaned and resealed with great cost savings, unfortunately most Fleet owners and some owner operators don't know that this is possible. Prime Movers that have cabs that tilt to access...
What does a hydraulic cylinder from a 20-ton crane have in common with a hydraulic cylinder from a Mercedes Benz convertible?
They both require a 10-year inspection and rebuild.With the crane, it is mandatory and is required by Australian Law. Generally, the size and design of these cylinders allow for dismantling cleaning and resealing with the use and application of specialist tools,...
40 Ton Custom Built Hitachi Demolition Excavator (“the Big Girl”) Devours a 10 Storey Hospital building in 6 months!
Over the past few months we have had the pleasure to apply our Mobile HoseFixing services to some of the largest demolition equipment ever seen on the Gold Coast. It started with us fixing rotation hoses, muncher hoses and pulveriser hoses on a 60 ton Komatsu and...
Rotary Coupling Manifold E45 Bobcat Excavator Remove and Reseal
Mobile Hose Fixers & Hydraulics Removes, Reseals and Re Installs Rotary Manifold on Bobcat E45 Excavator in 7 hours.Have you ever wondered how the high pressure hydraulic oil (at 270 Bar 4000 PSI) that operates most of functions...
turn of the PTO Power Take Off before driving away to avoid Catastrophic Pump Damage
One of the most common failures we come across after hydraulic hose bursting or being damaged is the hydraulic pump which is part of the PTO on mobile hydraulic machinery. What is a PTO? Power Take Of (Unit) is a specially designed gearbox that bolts to a Truck's Gear...
Why correctly Matching Power Speed and Pump Flow is so important in Hydraulic Lift Systems
The Original title of this blog was Warning How Not to Lift a 4200 Kg Forklift Vertically 6 m in 8.5 seconds. That's moving 4.2 tons at a velocity of 70 cm per second or 2 feet 3-3/4 inches per second straight up.Just before Christmas 2018, we were called...