First post and hope I'm in the correct sub forum to ask for help. Quick background on this Huskee 16.5HP splitter. A friend bought new in 2014, he died in 2017. Its been setting up for 4 years. His elderly widow needed firewood from this deep freeze we've been going through in north Louisiana. I offered to get her some and she offered her splitter. I brought it over and found the fuel tank empty (good) cleaned out the dirt dobber nests, cleaned air filter and added some new non-ethenol gas. It started on first pull. Ran rough and I put a little seafoam in the tank and let it run about 10 minutes and it got smooth as new.
Now the problem. I tested the splitter on a piece laying around and the seal on the bottom of the ram blew. I can see blue pieces coming out. It sprayed some hydraulic fluid across the yard.
So my question is this. Can I replace the seal/seals, and if so how do I remove this cylinder end piece? I can't find a video nor instructions for this type cap. Thank you guys.
![[Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown [Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/275/275237-e2afd081ad09bdc5127fe3b8307d1464.jpg?hash=e65dPuS3XA)
Now the problem. I tested the splitter on a piece laying around and the seal on the bottom of the ram blew. I can see blue pieces coming out. It sprayed some hydraulic fluid across the yard.
So my question is this. Can I replace the seal/seals, and if so how do I remove this cylinder end piece? I can't find a video nor instructions for this type cap. Thank you guys.
![[Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown [Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/275/275235-8d20a1fc3879ef8003d6fc24b28d31ce.jpg?hash=4JJGN926Po)
![[Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown [Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/275/275236-bd5ba6318fa64408b5cdacdde4b0ef3d.jpg?hash=rsG4pqh1IC)
![[Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown [Hearth.com] 2014 Huskee 35 ton Splitter hydraulic seal blown](https://www.hearth.com/talk/data/attachments/275/275237-e2afd081ad09bdc5127fe3b8307d1464.jpg?hash=e65dPuS3XA)