Tractor hydraulic fitting question. - 07/29/21
My New Holland tractor has hydraulic fittings that keep destroying o-rings.
They are straight male thread with a jam nut that tightens up the o-ring.
Like this;
https://www.agrisupply.com/1-2-male...msclkid=a648cd7d9b571d662c68ac7f51cbe67d
The other end of the fitting is JIC.
II have worked with these in the past, and really didn’t have a problem with blowing o-rings.
Whenever I removed one of these fittings I would always screw them in till the o-ring seats on the fitting and the threaded port matched up making an even V.
There’s one fitting, the rod end of the loader boom/arm cylinder that’s mostly the problem.
Is there something that’s wrong with my setup method that would cause premature o-ring failure?
I guess I could go shopping for and o-ring with a larger thickness to take up more room under the jam washer.
They are straight male thread with a jam nut that tightens up the o-ring.
Like this;
https://www.agrisupply.com/1-2-male...
The other end of the fitting is JIC.
II have worked with these in the past, and really didn’t have a problem with blowing o-rings.
Whenever I removed one of these fittings I would always screw them in till the o-ring seats on the fitting and the threaded port matched up making an even V.
There’s one fitting, the rod end of the loader boom/arm cylinder that’s mostly the problem.
Is there something that’s wrong with my setup method that would cause premature o-ring failure?
I guess I could go shopping for and o-ring with a larger thickness to take up more room under the jam washer.