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Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2011
- Location
- Garbsen, Germany
I was grinding a part for a friend yesterday. My J&S 540 is an APR model with automatic downfeed, so we were working on something else while it was grinding, when I saw a big coolant puddle on the floor. It turns out that it was coming from the coolant pump in the tank, which must have a leak where the hose connects to it. The pump was spraying liquid around inside the coolant tank, and some of that liquid was finding its way through to the floor. Quick fix was cutting out a shield from some thin plastic and putting it near the pump to redirect the spray back into the tank. Finished the grinding, was letting the wheel spin to dry out, when I notice another growing puddle on the floor, this time hydraulic oil.
So I pulled off the cover plate to look inside with a flashlight. One of the two main hydraulic lines going vertically from the hydraulic pump in the base to the bottom of the saddle was bleeding through a crack in the top, a few cm below the metal fitting. So I need to replace the hoses (I'll do both at the same time). A pair of new hoses from the UK is 107 Euros + shipping + a wait for delivery. On the other hand, just down the road from me is a company that does hydraulic stuff. I live in an agricultural area and so they are experienced in making up hoses for farm equipment and what not
Can I take them the old hoses and let them make up two new ones? I'm pretty sure the hoses will cost me 15 or 20 Euro each and I'll get them the same day. Or do these J&S grinder hoses have some special materials or design or requirements (flexibility?) which standard hoses can't match?
Cheers,
Bruce
So I pulled off the cover plate to look inside with a flashlight. One of the two main hydraulic lines going vertically from the hydraulic pump in the base to the bottom of the saddle was bleeding through a crack in the top, a few cm below the metal fitting. So I need to replace the hoses (I'll do both at the same time). A pair of new hoses from the UK is 107 Euros + shipping + a wait for delivery. On the other hand, just down the road from me is a company that does hydraulic stuff. I live in an agricultural area and so they are experienced in making up hoses for farm equipment and what not
Can I take them the old hoses and let them make up two new ones? I'm pretty sure the hoses will cost me 15 or 20 Euro each and I'll get them the same day. Or do these J&S grinder hoses have some special materials or design or requirements (flexibility?) which standard hoses can't match?
Cheers,
Bruce