*CLASS IN SESSION - WOW* Man CONTENT is great but your DETAILS bring it all beyond for ANYONE planning this operation *on ANY piece of equipment* with the same or like seal configuration. This is a *LIFE SAVER* video showing not only how to do it but ALL the intricacies along the way! Outstanding in-depth performance! BIG THANKS!

Great how to vid Mike lotsa great info from experience there! Man that was work I need a coffee now in my DB mug of course lol!💪

It’s heartwarming to see our tools put to good use. Keep this machine runnin smooth and stay safe on the job. 🧰

Wow very detailed on your video! Greatly appreciated Thanks!

Jesse Muller did replace the seals on his new excavator last video. Good diy explanation

Great videos man I love watching them I just started working for myself doing excavation and stuff you should do a video on your start up and success and lessons you learned and finding work and whatever else on working for yourself

Hey Mike, great video. One tip for next time…if you ever have something that was assembled with loctite (especially the red) just use some heat on it before trying to take it apart. It doesn’t take much time or heat from a torch to break the bond of the loctite, and then you can much more easily unscrew the component. Obviously this doesn’t magically make the huge amount of torque you have to apply to break it loose somehow disappear, but it does lessen the time you spend having the fight the loctite the entire way as you take it apart. Hope this helps, keep up the great work you do both in your business as well as in content creation.

That's a great video ! Thanks, Jody from Canada ! 🙂

We recently rebuilt the lift cylinder on our JCB mini... thanks for the tips and i did leave a👍

Thanks for the video. I gave up trying to do a 6" barrel for my blade lift cylinder because the gland nut was so tight. You can't really do it on the excavator, so I took it to a pro who struggled at first but finally got it done. He used the same pipe wrench and two guys to get it to move. Your suggestion to take pictures is the key to avoiding getting into trouble. A big vise and a steel table bolted to the floor come in handy if it can't be done on the machine. Thanks for mentioning Friday Parts. Finding a resource for the heavy-duty tools was a problem to find.

Thank you for this video. I’ve got an old backhoe, and I’m facing this project on a few cylinders. Plus knowing where to get the proper tools is important too.

Thank you for providing much useful information. I done several on my Komatsu D31P-17 I bought 18-years ago to build a farm pond. It had 1000-hours on it, now 3500. I am getting older and the cylinders are getting tighter. Did the first rebuild 15 years ago and used a three foot pipe wrench. Did the small tilt cylinder a year ago and needed a four foot pipe wrench. Would not budge with a six foot pipe and two men pulling down on it. I ended up using the front end loader bucket, hydraulically pushing down on the pipe wrench. Thought it slipped off but it broke lose. Now I have the lift cylinder leaking and tried all but the front end loader to break it loose. Will give it a try when my friend shows up later today. Hard to believe, how tight these cylinder parts are. A dozer is fun to have, but maintenance is mandatory every use. I just wanted to use it, and skipped the maintenance, to push a few small trees away from the driveway. First time ever for me, coming back, making a turn, the track came off the front spindle. It took two days, of almost every tool I own to get it back on. Left it off the ground overnight using the front blade, one lift cylinder seal got a serious leak. Pretty much all my fault.

Great video. You do a great job explaining the how to. Keep them coming!!

Great video Mike, Thank you for sharing.

Thanks I watched the whole thing

Great Video Boss, thanks for the tutorial!!

That was a great how to video. The right tools make any job easier.

I’m about to have to do angle cylinders on my 650k this video will help a lot! Thank you

Great job!

Great job Mike!!! Glad to see you are doing the maintenance before the busy season hits and preventing it from happening during the time a big job is going on I think that’s great!!!! I worked for a contractor that waited until fluid was leaking all over and the men lost time because he’s trying to save money in the long run it cost more because of more damage being done than a repair in the first place that would have cost less!!!! See you in the next video!!!

great job!

Boss man… I’ve done that job wrong a couple of times… now I know where to look the next time I attempt it. Thanx bud!

Great video from Dirt Boss!

Nice job

Awesome video, you should be a teacher!😊 Greetings from Norway!

Nice!! Honestly, I'm so glad you were doing that instead of me.

A great watch well explained 👍👋🇨🇦

Always Great Mike.....Thank You!!

Good job explaining the steps on the rebuild

That's awesome mike, good job, yeah I know those gland nuts can sometimes be a pain to get off bigger the machine bigger the torque value, thanks for sharing

The Dirt Doctor!!

Great job Mike This video is one of my all time favorites. You kinda remind me of you being anal about how you’re so picky about how you do things Iam the same way. Again great job.

Very cool to see how a cylinder is rebuilt! Thx!!!

Great video Mike. Thank you sir.

Glad to see a longer video

Nice work. Can’t imagine what an equipment service would charge for this

You made that look easy I saw billstmaxx do that once and it looked like a really pain in the ass lol

Good job

If you get bored I have about three to do!😁😁

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Great video Mike. I need to replace seals on my dipper cylinder on Case 580SL. When I did the boom cylinder, i had to take somewhere to remove & replace piston nut. Isyour tool from FridayParts the 380mm (15"), 480mm (19") or 620mm (24 1/2") overall length? Thank you

9:17 where did you get that contraption to loosen up the nuts?? I need to buy one

D-Boss!…thumbed you up…great hydraulic DIY…that means…Do It Yourself!…I’m no mechanic…but I play one on my equipment…because I can’t wait!…hears the tip of the day for ya and the masses…just about 99.6% of the time all you have to do once you disassemble everything is put your good eye on the packing seals and o-rings and eyeball the inner gland seals and if all looking decent, save yourself the a$&pain and just change the wiper seal and slap it back together and then pound a banquet brew!…usually that’s the problem if it’s weeping a little…is it the right way to do it…No!…but I’ve been cheating lately and I don’t have any more weeping!

Tri Ball hitch and a 12 Lb sledge!

Slangin that Fridayparts Chineseisum, not knocking your hustle at all but some guys might be confused when they receive cheap aftermarket parts from China, after seeing you support them.

How do you Get work for your business? I’m a small business who grades driveways and I’m fondNing it very hard to find people willing to pay.

What is that tool called !,???

04:30 Dude flip those pliers over!

Great job Mike. Thanks for sharing.

Great job!