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Hydraulic Seals for Old Farmhand F10 Loader

Duke_S avatarDuke_S

March 8, 2019

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I have an old 1954 Minneapolis Moline UB with a roughly equally old Farmhand F10 loader. The hydraulic cylinder seals I replaced just a few years ago blew out so I had to replace again. Seals for this are a bit of a pain to get and what I do get is a light weight construction and not a good tight fit so they don't do well.

Tired of these garbage replacement parts, I thought it was worth trying 3d printing my own replacements. I used some old seals that fit correctly as a guide and designed in Fusion 360. I created both piston seals and a rod seal for the grapple fork cylinder. I have replaced the seals in 3 of the 4 cylinders so far. -The front grapple one and the two main cylinders.

They have been working alright since I put them in last summer. I did have to redo the rod seal once early on to a tighter fit as it was seeping. I only use the tractor maybe an hour or two every month, so that isn't a lot of use yet, but so far they are doing ok. I use this mainly to move around bales that are somewhere under 1000 pounds. It has been used in temperatures from ~95F (35C) to -15F (-26C) so far. They were a bit stiff and sticky at the cold temperature until things warmed up a bit.

If you can get decent made seals, please do that. But if you struggle to find anything that works/fits right, then this kind of thing may be an option for you. I do not know how these will hold up, so be careful.

I am not the first to post something like this. This guy in Australia has done something similar with success as well. His success gave me a little extra confidence that this could work.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1392316

FYI - The inner diameter of my cylinders was 3.0". If you happen to use these files please compare all the dims carefully.

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