HY lift cylinders

[adsm08 3,727]

Is there a difference between the welded and non-welded cylinders, beyond the obvious of one being welded together and the other not?

 

I swapped in a non-welded cylinder today that I picked up at the show (no idea what it was originally off of) and the threads were straight instead of pipe thread, 5/16 instead of 1/4 inch, and I had to add another hole to the lift link for my plow to get it off the ground going up, but I was almost able to lift the front axle off the ground going down, which I had never been able to do before. It dropped right in place, but it's almost like it is operating in a different length range.

 

I'm just curious at this point. The whole point of it was so the tractor wasn't down while I send the welded one out to get resealed.

[Bar Nuthin 1,680]

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[pfrederi 19,114]

Older WH cylinders (welded) used SAE #5 ORB fittings later ones used SAE#6 ORB

 

neither cylinder that i have come across used pipe threads... both were straight NF 1/2" #5   9/16" #6

[adsm08 3,727]

28 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

neither cylinder that i have come across used pipe threads

 

The on that came to me on my 855 100% uses 1/4" NPT at both ends, and the lines I got from Lowell were that threading as well.

[pfrederi 19,114]

I guess your 855 gear drive has an HY2/3?? added for lift??    That is older than i am familiar with.  Charger/electros and later hydros welded cylinders were SAE5

 

[Bar Nuthin 1,680]

When I added an older lift kit to a newer Hydro, I had to find adapters that went from ORB-6 down to ORB-5.  Sounds like you need to do just the opposite.

Or contact Lowell @wheelhorseman and have him make you a set with ORB-6 fittings at the cylinder.

 

 

Edited 52 minutes ago by Bar Nuthin

[adsm08 3,727]

17 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

I guess your 855 gear drive has an HY2/3?? added for lift??

 

You guess correctly sir. It came to me with an HY-2 already added, I'm guessing it was a DIA setup.