Clark GPX30:
Tilt cylinder removal

Recently my GPX30 Clark started leaking oil from the tilt cylinders. Leaking enough now to get them resealed. Yes I need to power wash the areas first before I remove them. The front pins look easy enough to remove. But I am not familiar with the removal of the rear pins. They have a large hex on them with a threaded hole in the center. Can anyone chime in on how these are removed before I dig into this?

Thanks, James
  • Posted 20 Feb 2017 12:28
  • Discussion started by james1549
  • Ohio, United States
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  • Posted 4 Mar 2017 12:22
  • Modified 4 Mar 2017 12:23 by poster
  • Reply by Admin
  • Queensland, Australia
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  • Posted 4 Mar 2017 11:19
  • Modified 4 Mar 2017 11:31 by poster
  • Reply by james1549
  • Ohio, United States
Everything back together. Had to hammer new spherical bearings and spacers in the body pin areas. Kind of like installing new bearing races in a hub. I believe the old bearings were rusted to the pins causing the problems to remove the pins - no grease fittings like the forward pins at the mast. Used a bunch of anti-seize but hopefully it will never need to be serviced for many years.
  • Posted 4 Mar 2017 11:11
  • Reply by james1549
  • Ohio, United States
Well it was a long day. No luck with them coming out from the top. Couldn't even drive them out from below with a jack or porta-power. Had to drive them down through the bottom with a bar and sledge. Just rusted in for good. Had to call Clark to order new pivot bushings(?) since they came out in rusty broken pieces.
  • Posted 24 Feb 2017 12:13
  • Reply by james1549
  • Ohio, United States
I will give that a try. Thank you.
  • Posted 22 Feb 2017 09:50
  • Reply by james1549
  • Ohio, United States
Should be a locking bar or pin on the inboard side of the rear pin that has the hex and threaded part,remove locking pin/bar and use a slide hammer threaded into the hex to slam and pound the pin out....
  • Posted 20 Feb 2017 19:38
  • Reply by kevin_t
  • Pennsylvania, United States

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