Hi, I was looking for some advice re: an hydraulic cylinder I was trying to disassemble. It was given to me and apparently came from a forklift. The cap/piston of the cylinder appears to be held in place by 3 pieces of curved steel (picture an internal snap ring that's divided into 3 pieces) which sit into grooves in the walls of the cylinder and 3 bolts screw into flanges on the cap and push on the cylinder so as to pull the cap tight against the 3 curved pieces of steel. At any rate, I removed the 3 pieces and was able to pull the cap forward about 1" but no further. Any ideas as to why this won't move? Or how I can get it come out? I was thinking of pumping some fluid into the cylinder to force it forward in the bore - good idea?
TIA for any help you can give me,
Terry