JD 830 Remote Cylinder

[2rich4me63]

Working on a remote cylinder with a casting number R2635R for an 830 (2 cylinder). The parts book shows it had 5/8 hoses. My farm store supplies 1/2 or 3/4 hose. The 3/4 hose gets pretty bulky to handle. Should I have any concern on using 1/2 ID hoses?

 

[wore out]

"Should I have any concern on using 1/2 ID hoses?"

In a single word, NO!

I doubt if you can even FIND any 5/8" hose nowadays except (perhaps) at some $pecialty place.

 

[NY 986]

Other than not looking right today's 1/2 inch hoses would handle any load applied in terms of an 830 hydraulic system to that cylinder. For that matter if used with a NG tractor the hose would not be a problem but maybe the cylinder itself in terms of a high pressure system.

 

[shaun wallace]

Are the fittings in cyl #10 boss? May have not even used Boss fittings or knew what they were back then. Just thinking out loud.

 

[David from Kansas]

Those cylinders have pipe thread fittings. I use a couple of them on my JD 2-cyl tractors with 1/2 hose and they work fine. That series of cylinder came out long before the 830 tractor and was used on most of the 2-cyl JD tractors.

 

[rrlund]

If you've had that thing apart, be sure to torque the living crap out of those half inch bolts that hold the back on. All there is is a gasket between the two parts and if it's not super tight, it'll blow that gasket right out the side of it in a hurry.

 

[2rich4me63]

My concern is a volume issue not a pressure issue. This cylinder has a large bore so it will need a lot of fluid to make it work. I was more concerned about the time to transfer the needed fluid to lift the cylinder.

 

[David from Kansas]

On the tractors, JD AR and JD 820, that I use, the cylinders work quite quickly, but I am using a little smaller cylinder than you
show but the difference should be minor.

 

[coonie minnie]

1/2 is just fine.