cudafamily
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2013
- Location
- Evansville, IN
Going to be working on the outrigger cylinder of my Komatsu Backhoe, has a slight drip and I don't like drips. I've done a lot of cylinders over the years on the various 4 backhoes I have owned, but this one has me scratchings my head over a few things. The service manual shows the piston nut is 65mm (2-9/16) so I need to get a socket first. Largest breaker bar I have currently is 3/4" drive. Nut is to be torqued to 2400 ftl/bs. I'm thinking a 8' cheater bar on a 3/4" drive breaker will twist the end off before I get my 2400 ft/lbs. Looking if any of you knowledgable individuals agree, before I fork out the cash for a 1" drive bar. Secondly the service manual calls out for light grease on the threads in addition to red Thread Locker. I was always under the impression that Locktite with grease/oils just didn't work. Don't know whether to just use grease and torque down, or whether to just use locktite and torque???