Where is everyone #5

I don't use silicone much, basically just a few areas on some oil pans snd valve covers. I do use anaerobic sealer on some o rings though, and that’s one of em.

 

Guys that know what they are doing don’t use the #### like KY in every hole

 

I been using a little bit of anaerobic, but very lightly.. this blue #### is on evrrything it seems like.. they even put it all over the head gasket around the oil galleys, they were almost completely plugged off. Im honestly surprised none of it ended up plugging the motor up

 

More than likely was using the o'ring again and insuring it a little. I have done it when end of situation and wrong size or it missing, and the piece was accessible in a few days if had to pull and get a new one. But inside an engine or powershift trans on industrial, never. To deep in to go back, just wait and get one.

 

We always put little oil on an o'ring so it would seat smooth. Nothing worse than a leak, have to pull off half the machine to remove a 2 bolt cover and see a "nicked" o'ring in there...
You guys work on a forklift a few times and learn. It is better to spend a little time and effort now, than to have to redo.
And we had to go get, take a rental/loaner, load it to the shop, re do and reverse all back.
Clean it up thoroughly, examine the fit, assemble, look at, close it up. (Pray as you press Start.)

 

Thats what i figured they did.. dont wanna replace a 2 dollar oring so use 18 dollars in silicone instead...lol

 

Long time back; sold the shop in 93, but was even then noticing some things.
Transmission kit from Clark, or Joseph Industries, nice fat o'rings with some id/size usually visible, kit from a cheaper offer was just dull black.
Lots of variances in gasket thicknesses, and actual coverage area. Real cheap stuff, thrown together, and sold a LITTLE cheaper.
Sometime the price difference was less than the labor cost to refit it. Most aftermarket stuff now in forklift is good, as they just collect from the OEM vendor at a discount for volume, sort it and sell. With knowledge of how to put one together, good offer and profitable.

Ha... Case in point..
Some time, look up Char-Nor Enterprises, in IL. Charlie Norwood bought up all the used, junked, non running forklifts he could get, put them under a shed and started selling components. He was sharp; kept up with what he had, and what he had taken off it. You call and give him a make, model, SN and shortly he would call back with a yes or no.
I have bought a complete steer axle for a 4000 lb Clark from him over the phone as, It is whole and complete hubs turn freely, and the spider and linkage is tight.
It came in on a pallet. Drag link had been torched off close, steam cleaned, stuck on 2 blocks and strapped down. It had better tires than the truck we were working on.
Pulled the hubs, grease and bearings good, greased the rest and stuck it under.
Compare that period with what they offer now on the website. Years gone, I would as soon call, ask for a price and availability, accept and go move my tools close to wait for the item to arrive. Such confidence is generated by years of being reliable. Charlie died several year ago, but the place still [rospers...

 

Don't forget some good whiskey!

 

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How about a little swing on a back porch?

 

Welcome to my world lol. I swear some jobs I spend more time on surface prep than I do on the actual job.

I had to do some engine work last summer when a guy quit with it about 90% back together. I had to tear back into it and I cussed the whole time. He put anaerobic sealant on both sides of every gasket. At that point why even bother putting the #### gasket in there? Took more than twice as much time to scrape the gasket off in tiny pieces than to have just hit the dry anaerobic with a surface prep disc.