MTD 2010 Shop Manual page 48

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2010 Log Splitters
28. Carefully pry the outer piston seal off of the piston.
See Figure 5.17.
29. Carefully pry the O-ring out of the groove in the pis-
ton.
30. Install a new O-ring and outer piston seal.
31. Carefully pry the back-up ring out of the groove in
the outside diameter of the rod guide.
32. Carefully pry the O-ring seal out of the groove in the
outside diameter of the rod guide. See Figure 5.18.
33. Carefully pry the scraper out of the recess in the rod
guide. See Figure 5.19.
34. Carefully pry the internal seal out of its recess in the
rod guide.
35. Compress the new seal and position it with the lip
facing away from the side of the rod guide that has
the screw holes, then let it expand into the groove
that it will ride in.
NOTE: Soaking the new scraper and seal in hot
water will make them more pliable.
36. Install the new scraper in the recess in the side of
the rod guide that has the screw holes.
NOTE: The scraper has an "L" shaped cross-sec-
tion. The leg of the L should face the screw
hole side of the rod guide.
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Figure 5.17
Figure 5.18
Internal seal
Scraper
Figure 5.19
Outer seal
O-ring
Back-up ring
O-ring