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"Twice 'round the park" as it were. I suspect the OEM pulley lasted at least that long too. <lol> I'll be a little more confident if it lasts a season or two. But it was a fun little project and marks the first time I ever designed a replacement part over the internet. ;-)

Do you have a 4-jaw chuck? Perfect application for one as the jaws are independently adjustable so you can grip irregularly shaped pieces in the lathe. Use a lathe centre finder or a DTI on the inside of the hole instead of the OD and adjust the runnout as normal. You can also mount a 4-jaw to...

Yes, thanks for the clarification. I was speaking of the "seals" as a pair and their combined functions. The inner one regulates the film, the outer prevents (or at least reduces) contamination.

I'm not sure if I'd worry about it if it is truly losing only 2 drips after a "couple of days" under the pressure of supporting the bucket's weight. Normally one parks with the bucket resting on the ground, eliminating even that little bit of pressure. It might be worthwhile to rig a container...

Thanks for the clarification.

Mmmm. Spam and Poutine! Could be a hit. Maybe we could bake it in pasties (which I believe IS the correct plural of pasty, no matter how you choose to spell the root).

Bear in mind that the loader relief valve will limit what's available at the 3ph because it's first in the chain. If the loader relief is set to, say, 1,500psi and the 3PH relief is set to 1,800 psi then the maximum pressure the system can develop is 1,500psi. It doesn't work the other way...

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Oooh, good point. There are even authoritative looking websites that have it backwards. EG: https://speceps.com/blog/cat-vs-john-deere-controls-difference-comparison.html which claims JD follows the ISO pattern and Cat follows the SAE pattern. So, Step 1: verify operation. <lol> Are they really...

The max lift capacity of your machine is under 1,000lbs -- at the pins, inclusive of the attachment. Considerably less at the tips of the forks. So a set of 5000lb forks is overkill, a light duty set will probably still be more than 1,000lbs capacity. And the light duty set will not reduce your...

"After" takes up less headline space than "As a result of".

Looking at the Canadian Kubota parts site, it appears there are two different port reliefs installed in the various outlets: "Port relief high" and "Port relief low". I assume high and low are relative to pressure. From there it gets confusing as hell. There are 3 different relevant diagrams...

My fear would be that whoever swapped things originally didn't know about the role of port reliefs and just swapped the hoses. (PS: when I tried to follow your link access was blocked by cloudflare for some reason. )

I don't think you can post a video here, or even a self-hosted video. I couldn't figure out how anyway. I think the only way is to host it on YouTube or similar and then post a link to that. EDIT: I opened a free account with vimeo. Let's try this: Ah, got it. Third time's the charm.

For those interested in playing at home, I sent AndyH a 3D printed pulley in carbon-fiber reinforced nylon: He installed it: and reports the initial brief test was successful. Longer duration testing to follow, but it's promising...