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I just wanted to check back in and mention that the surgery was a success. Not only are there no leaks, but the cylinders lift a whole lot better than they did before the leak, so I'm guessing there was quite a bit of internal wear on the seals. No mishaps, no challenges. I torqued the rod...

Here's the finished result. Compare to the just-installed photo and the difference is clear. These rings can and should be compressed into the grooves.

I'll pull out my torque wrench and borrow my husband to hold the cylinder with a dowel through the eye while I torque it. The FEL is 2 1/2 hours away out in the woods so I can't use it as a restraint. I just wish I knew what the right torque setting was.

So, I learned there is a tool called a correcting jig. I made a functional correcting jig from a piece of thin (disposable style) plastic cutting sheet and a hose clamp. I wrapped the piston in the plastic, snugged the hose clamp around that, and gave it a bath in simmering water. The seal...

Very hot water, but the cooler metal cooled them off pretty quick. I worked them around one groove /surface at a time so they wouldn't stretch much. Would it work if I pulled the green rings back off and redipped the pistons? I don't want to cause the new seals any harm. I almost missed...

Progress, finally! I was able to remove all the seals one by one, match the replacement, clean and install. The only one that seems weird is the stiff yellow seal on the middle of the piston - it was hard to remove the old one as it was 24 years old and stiff as plexiglass, and the new one was...

Your FEL must be the earlier version, as my piston has two split green and a yellow ring. I did eventually get the second rod removed. Many, many taps with a hammer against a hardwood dowel inserted into the rod eye, with the other end pinned by a dowel through the workbench. I can't feel a...

No way on earth will those cylinders cycle by hand. I've broken two solid maple dowels so far trying to pull the second rod. I am amazed that these even lifted. If they weren't so long, I'd use the log splitter in reverse to pull it.

Thank you for the detailed photos! I don't have an impact wrench at present (old one wore out for the last time and I haven't found a replacement), so is there any harm in using something to hold the rod using the pin end to secure it while removing the nut? I don't have the tractor and its arms...

Thank you. Other than lawn tractors, my only tractor experience was growing up mowing 10 acres with a '47(?) Allis Chalmers B. No hydraulics, so raising and lowering that mower deck was a challenge for little kid me.

I do like the idea of having someone do it, since I won't know if I will run into complications until I start. But being today is a Sunday, I can't even call around to see if a shop within 25 miles can get them turned around much less how much it'll cost. I may regret it but I ordered two...

When I posted, I didn't have the serial number for the FEL. The break for the LB400 is 16444/16445, mine is 203xx. That I found a photo was accidental foresight - I bought it and relied on the seller (friend of a friend) to deliver in the future, so I documented everything so I could.

New member here...I had a cylinder seal blow out at the end of the day yesterday up at our forest property, and removed both bucket cylinders for transport home to rebuild them. The tractor is relatively new to me (a year and a half) and geographically remote (about 2 1/2 hours). Of course I...