Amada RG25 press brake: pump accidentally ran backwards

[rbmgf7]

I've had the machine for a while and ran great. Went to do some rewiring in the shop and accidentally swapped legs so it ran the pump in reverse.

I fixed it and went to run the machine, now the ram is painfully slow and sometimes not responsive.

Is there something I can do to fix this?

 

[dkmc]

Repair or replace the pump??

 

[rbmgf7]

I'm a dummy. While I was doing stuff, something fell underneath the pedal, limiting the travel just enough to not appear suspicious at first. Works like it should now.

 

[dkmc]

I'm a dummy. While I was doing stuff, something fell underneath the pedal, limiting the travel just enough to not appear suspicious at first. Works like it should now.

Well that saved a ton of bullshit! Cool

 

[M. Moore]

Running it backwards should not hurt anything.

I spent hours trying to fix the coolant pump on my lathe.
In the end all I had to do was add more coolant! Duh!

We could probably have a few thousand of these stories if we started a thread on the subject.