The Navtec product is high quality but I found they are super expensive. Years ago I had fluid leaking from the top of the Ram cyliner and unable to hold pressure for 10 minutes. Tthe closest Navtec dealer, 2.5 hrs away wanted $750 to rebuild it and I had to pay up front before they would even look at it.
I took it to a local hydraulic shop that rebuilds rams for backhoes, forklifts, dump trucks and dosers and got mine rebuilt and bench tested to 4000# for $25. To be sure, I asked the manager to setup a test and he pumped the system up to 4000# and I saw it it holding when I arrived hours later and picked it up. They said the leak was caused by simple O-ring failure. O-rings cost less than a dollar, but they advised me to add a plastic washer to the piston rod to block the sun's UVs. They also advised me to change my system's oil from the pink stuff the PO was using, probably transmission fluid, to a 10 Weight Non-Detergent, and they suggested I buy it from NAPA. In future I would not hesitate to pull any part and take it to a local Ram repair shop. The hydraulic hoses can be replaced for 10% of what Navtec would charge. A second option: replace the lot with a cascade pulley system. The first pulley will be the most expensive, but the whole lot will cost about the same and you'll be able to double end the system if you want. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > On June 5, 2017 at 4:38 PM Ron Ricci via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I had a rigger replace the two hydraulic hoses for the Navtec backstays. > The shop he used seems pretty expensive. Is there anything special about the > hoses? What have others paid for these hoses? > > > > Regards, > > Ron > > Ron Ricci > > S/V Patriot > > C&C 37+ > > Bristol, RI > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! >
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