so, was looking some more at the spare saginaw PS pump I had, and decided to try and make a dedicated hydraulic pump for the winch. I'll do a How To on how to set up a resevoir type saginaw pump for remote resevoir:
First off, diassemble the entire box. Next, toss the resevoir. You'll have the following left:
I also am planning on making this a clutched pump, so, I have a York model 210 air conditioning compressor that I took the electric clutch off of:
Next up, we need to make some modifications to the pump housing. there is a through hole where the pump pulls in it's fluid from the resevoir. We need to plug these. Use a 1/4" NPT drill and tap, to drill and tap the two ports for 1/4" pipe plugs:
The other issue we have to overcome is the shaft lubrication hole return. The shaft has a spiral bushing which is lubricated by pressurized fluid from the high pressure side of the pump. this is then returned through the drilled passage shown:
This fluid is normally emptied into the resivoir in the circled hole below. Instead, we're going to connect it into the suction side of the pump (arrow)
we do that by drilling through the side of the original passage. be careful not to brek out of the casting, then you'll really be screwed! Once you get the hold drilled, cut a piece of suitable steel, and weld it over the original hole to block teh fluid form dquirting out of the pump, and to force it to return to the suction side of the pump:
on the other side of the pump is a hole plugged with a cup plug. Pound the plug out, and discard it:
once it's out, drill and tap the hole for a 3/8" NPT street L fitting.
Lay out all the parts.
Its a good idea at this time to clean them all, as tehy have gotten dirty, and, get a rebuild kit for the pump. Ask for a 1978 dodge truck, 400 big block, W200 4X4. Mine was $13
discard the following items, they wont be used. They are the resevoir O ring, and, the two mounting stud O rings. There is also two different thicknesses of O ring for the high pressure port to casting groove. discard the thicker ring, it wont be used. Also shown is the cup plug from the pump body. Install the rest of the components from te rebuild kit as shown in the kit instructions. If the kit didnt have instructions, there are pictures of the instructions from mine further below:
When reassembling the pump, make sure to put the vanes in the correct way. there is a smooth side, and a rough side, put the rough side in, shiny side out:
rough:
smooth:
Right:
wrong:
This is where those two square O rings used to go. Ignore the dent in the left top mounting ear, I dropped my housing... oops.:
just reinstall teh studs without them.
the next three pictures are of the reinstall diagram. only area it is not clear on is the direction of the vane rotor. The vane rotor has a recess on one side. The recess should face the end of the shaft that the pulley fits onto:
the rebuild is now done, for those of you who plan on constant drive. For those of you that want it clutched, you need a clutch assembly off of a york model 210 compressor:
The taper on the shaft is .25" diameter reduction per 1" of shaft length. My saginaw pump has a .75" diameter shaft, and, sticks out from the front of the seal by 1". that means we need to taper it down to .5" at the end. HOWEVER: in the above picture of the clutch, you can see the tapered hub sticks up some. The diameter at the top of that taper is .875, so, if you taper the saginal pump the full inch of length, you'll end up with the clutch hub running into the pump body before it tightens up. The solution is to only taper .45" of the shaft. there is a .05" chamfer on the end, hence why .45, instead of .5". this means that the shaft will reach the full .75" diameter .45" from the end. The end diameter should then be .638". I'd recommend welding up the hole in the center of the shaft and then milling a keyway for key stock, and redrilling for a centering bolt, but, I'll roll the dice on this one, and try relying on just the taper fit for enough friction to drive the pump. I'll be getting the shaft milled tomorrow, and will finish the rebuild this weekend...
I also plan on performing the Mods metioned in the link below, as the clutched pulley is much larger in diameter than the original pulley.
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