Joel_BC
Super Self-Sufficient
HELP! :/ I want to recondition a couple of bottle jacks. Illustration provided for those who don't recognize the term...
A Bottle Jack
I'd really like to find ONE good online video illustrating the overhauling of a common bottle jack. In other words, disassembly, doing things like checking the O rings or any other parts that can fail, replacing the parts. I've been looking, but have not found that "one". If you know of one, please post it. Thanks.
In the meantime, here are some vids that - put together - do go a ways into dispelling the mysteries. I'm posting them because these might possibly help someone... if they're in the same quandary as me. The vids will be helpful till something better is located.
watch this one first...
individual inner parts & function of inside of a hydraulic cylinder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89cbCWwqO4&feature=related
disassembly of a bottle jack (no commentary, and the views are a bit distant):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6rm4kQyo1Y&feature=related
restoring fluid & purging a reassembled bottle jack (no commentary, and the views are a bit distant):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8kdVoRqB0&list=UUoqIsRqAzXgB7RuuzTemeBA&index=4&feature=plcp
This is one on the assembly of a new bottle-type jack - in a way, it's very specific to a certain model, but it affords some clues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdC5L3T4F-o&feature=related

A Bottle Jack
I'd really like to find ONE good online video illustrating the overhauling of a common bottle jack. In other words, disassembly, doing things like checking the O rings or any other parts that can fail, replacing the parts. I've been looking, but have not found that "one". If you know of one, please post it. Thanks.
In the meantime, here are some vids that - put together - do go a ways into dispelling the mysteries. I'm posting them because these might possibly help someone... if they're in the same quandary as me. The vids will be helpful till something better is located.
watch this one first...
individual inner parts & function of inside of a hydraulic cylinder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89cbCWwqO4&feature=related
disassembly of a bottle jack (no commentary, and the views are a bit distant):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6rm4kQyo1Y&feature=related
restoring fluid & purging a reassembled bottle jack (no commentary, and the views are a bit distant):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8kdVoRqB0&list=UUoqIsRqAzXgB7RuuzTemeBA&index=4&feature=plcp
This is one on the assembly of a new bottle-type jack - in a way, it's very specific to a certain model, but it affords some clues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdC5L3T4F-o&feature=related