Help with Hydraulic Rod on Jone & Shipman 540

[b13kirkland]

Well, I can hang my head in shame, but I bent one of the hydraulic piston rods....
Any tips on how to unscrew the rod from the piston. It is on tight enough that I can not get it off.
I want to make sure that I don't damage the piston if I clamp it down.

Also, any tips on how to align the back riser to the vertical crank handle?
I had to clean out 60 years of crud, so I took the back off. Upon reassembly, the crank handle sticks in spots when raising the column.

Thank you
Bill Kirkland (ottawa, On, Canada).
Cheers.

 

[b13kirkland]

Well folks, so far know one has been able to help with the 3/8 rod removal, so I cut the rod off and drilled it out. Now to manufacture a new piston rod. Threads are 3/8-20 BSF.
Too bad I live in Canada, but I have ordered to 3/8 tap/dies.
I did thread a rod yesterday and on the final pass the lathe would not drop out of thread drive and I crashed the carriage into the head stock. Only beat up the carbide tool bit.

Off to the hardware store to pick up some more 3/8 rods....