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Manitou boom rams removal

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  • 08-10-2020 9:18am
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    Poor Farmer in the hills
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭


    My old faithful manitou MT 425 needs work done on the rams that lift the boom. I have everything ready for the pins that hold the rams to be removed. We have been unable to get the pins to shift with a sledge hammer etc. Any suggestions??


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    Odelay
    Registered Users Posts: 3,785 ✭✭✭Odelay


    Poor Farmer in the hills wrote: »
    My old faithful manitou MT 425 needs work done on the rams that lift the boom. I have everything ready for the pins that hold the rams to be removed. We have been unable to get the pins to shift with a sledge hammer etc. Any suggestions??

    I have seen a guy using a large air impact gun pushed up against the pin. It moved it but not sure how stuck it was.


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    Attie Ross
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Attie Ross


    They're a cooler.
    Need a duck egg and wheeta ex good heavy sledge.
    If you could get a portapower and heat might help.


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    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,619 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Just wondering are the pins bent? Might have to wriggle them as someone else hits them. Any pics?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    Poor Farmer in the hills
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Poor Farmer in the hills


    Pins seem perfectly straight, rams move slightly from side to side so it must be seized to the spacers and bush at the outside. Will get pictures later


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    Waffletraktor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭Waffletraktor


    Poor Farmer in the hills wrote: »
    Pins seem perfectly straight, rams move slightly from side to side so it must be seized to the spacers and bush at the outside. Will get pictures later

    Spin the pins 180 degrees.


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    Poor Farmer in the hills
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Poor Farmer in the hills


    Waffletraktor wrote: »
    Spin the pins 180 degrees.
    The pins are seized solid!


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    Waffletraktor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭Waffletraktor


    Poor Farmer in the hills wrote: »
    The pins are seized solid!

    If beating sideways wont shift it, it's either rusted or worn a lip over time. Turning pins will either release them or move them to even up the wear and let them move.
    Weld something onto the end if things get desperate.


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    Poor Farmer in the hills
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Poor Farmer in the hills


    Got sorted. Had to weld on a 30mm high tensile threaded bar to the end of the pin to make a puller with a slieve over it. Still took a 26lb sledge to move it as well as the puller!


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