A question I get asked a lot by equipment owners, is the procedure for storing spare hydraulic cylinders for an extended period. So here’s what I recommend:

–Always store fully retracted.
–Store indoors in a clean, dry area.
–Smear the internal surfaces of eye/clevis bushes or bearings with grease – particularly if they’re steel.
–Protect any exposed chrome on the … Read more

A picture is worth a thousands words. And so is an accurate diagram. It can also be worth a lot of nickel. Consider the four main types of hydraulic diagrams in common use — and the consequences of having to manage without them:

Block Diagrams show the components of a hydraulic circuit as blocks joined by lines, which indicate connections … Read more

One of our readers recently wrote me regarding the following problem:

“I tried one afternoon and evening to determine what was wrong with a hydrostatic transmission by monitoring case drain flow and was confused by the readings I was seeing. There was a flow meter in the transmission pump outlet and another in its case drain that always showed charge … Read more