PSC hydro ram ?'s

Grommit327 · Mar 28, 2007

So I am getting ready to call up PSC and order some parts. I have a feeling they are just going to want me to send my ram in to have the shaft replaced but I am trying to get this going by next weekend. It looks like there is a cap with holes for a spanner wrench to remove it. Anyone ever taken one of these apart before...is it something fairly simple to do? I think I just need to replace the shaft and probably should do the seal since it had a side load on it.

benw1 · Mar 28, 2007

I've had mine apart before. It was a bitch, I don't know if the end cap just was extremly tight or if it had locktite on it. I held the body of the ram in a lathe chuck and had to have about a long cheater on the spanner to get the cap off. Becareful putting it back together, it is easy to cut the seals when sliding the end cap back on the shaft.

Grommit327 · Mar 28, 2007

Hmmm...maybe it would be wiser to just send it in then...I don't want to screw it up any worse then it is

GRNTACO · Mar 28, 2007

Grommit327 said:
Hmmm...maybe it would be wiser to just send it in then...I don't want to screw it up any worse then it is

Just send it all to me and I will take care of it for you.....

Grommit327 · Mar 28, 2007

GRNTACO said:
Just send it all to me and I will take care of it for you.....

Sounds good...maybe if I send my pump you could rebuild it too...oh and might as well send the hoses and reservoir :fawkdancesmiley:

crash2 · Mar 28, 2007

Grommit327 said:
Sounds good...maybe if I send my pump you could rebuild it too...oh and might as well send the hoses and reservoir :fawkdancesmiley:

Your going to confuse the poor guy :redneck:

Just grab a couple pipe wrenchs

Grommit327 · Mar 28, 2007

Wellp I talked to Kelvin at PSC and of course they are going to be closed next week for EJS. He wanted me to send the ram in but no charge on the labor. He also offered to send out a new pump and pulley with the ram to replace mine that isn't working so good. Now I just gotta figure out how to get that old pulley off somehow...not much room in there.

Binder · Mar 28, 2007

A typical PSC pulley isn't press fit. Just unbolt it and it will come off easy.

Grommit327 · Mar 28, 2007

Mine was a press fit unit...very tight at that. Kelvin at PSC said that most likely the pulley will break before it comes off...and offered to include a new pulley with the warranty pump.

Bunk1 · Mar 28, 2007

So yer psc ram bent the 1 1/4 shaft?:fawkdancesmiley: (inside joke)

Grommit327 · Mar 28, 2007

Hahaha...Yep bent it right in half. :haha:

Actually the ram was still broken from when the 1 1/8 T/R pretzeled on me. Still can't figure how it bent because only one tire was wedged...oh well...don't think I have worry about that anymore :fawkdancesmiley:

Binder · Mar 28, 2007

Grommit327 said:
Mine was a press fit unit...very tight at that. Kelvin at PSC said that most likely the pulley will break before it comes off...and offered to include a new pulley with the warranty pump.

Huh? Looks like PSC changed many of their products. The splined stuff isn't even on their web site. Now I wonder if they even support that stuff any more? Or maybe there is more than one company named PSC that makes steering stuff?

darius · Mar 29, 2007

Rick, you must have some ooooooold PSC stuff, though I have heard of it, I've never seen anything but press fit from them in my 5 or 6 year's of installing PSC.

Grommit, it's just a hydro ram, it's a dumb part, there should only be 5 or 6 pieces to the whole thing. pull off the end cap, pull out the ram, check the seal, grease the end of new ram prior to stuffing it through the end cap, screw it back together, it's that easy.

Binder · Mar 29, 2007

darius said:
Rick, you must have some ooooooold PSC stuff, though I have heard of it, I've never seen anything but press fit from them in my 5 or 6 year's of installing PSC.

My pump is only about 3 yrs old. I had them build me a pulley less than 2 yrs ago.

Bunk1 · Mar 29, 2007

darius said:
Grommit, it's just a hydro ram, it's a dumb part, there should only be 5 or 6 pieces to the whole thing. pull off the end cap, pull out the ram, check the seal, grease the end of new ram prior to stuffing it through the end cap, screw it back together, it's that easy.

Word. I built rams for awhile and they are butt simple.

darius · Mar 29, 2007

Binder said:
My pump is only about 3 yrs old. I had them build me a pulley less than 2 yrs ago.

Hmm...wierd, I wonder what application?

Binder · Mar 29, 2007

darius said:
Hmm...wierd, I wonder what application?

It's a TC pump intended for circle track stuff.

benw1 · Mar 29, 2007

Binder said:
It's a TC pump intended for circle track stuff.

KRC uses splined pulleys and builds stuff for circle track, are you sure yours is PSC? They say the mind is the first thing to go... :flipoff:

crash2 · Mar 29, 2007

I have never ever seen a psc pump that had a splined shaft...

Binder · Mar 29, 2007

benw said:
KRC uses splined pulleys and builds stuff for circle track, are you sure yours is PSC? They say the mind is the first thing to go... :flipoff:

Ben could be right, I am getting old.:haha: PSC, KRC it all sounds the same to me.:Stoned: :scratchhead: