Originally Posted by
JohnFBiesse
We have a Rover 35 EPS with the pneumatic auto-locating rails. This machine is beastly which in turn means there are a MILLION grease lines feeding through from under the rear 30 tool carousel. This group of lines are inside a heat shrink wrapping and lead up the casted frame, into the cases on the back of the head, back around across the top then fed over through the interlocking plastic belt surrounded by both electrical and pneumatic lines. An old operator had used the wrong EP0 substitute and the grease has hardened in certain places. Most of the grease nipples/ports are actually manufactured into the ball screws and other units making them incredibly hard to service by hand.
I am trying to trace the tracks to feed new grease lines through but considering the area to cover and the amount of downtime to occur, are there any connectors that can be used to reattach the 4mm hoses in the spots where the hoses have broken?
I have been able to feed new grease through to flush out most all of the excess dark brown grease but the few locations that have broken are going to cause a massive issue if I do not get this thing properly greased. I tried to use a larger ID hose to attach the two severed ends together and allow grease to feed through but this is not a quality fix and tends to come off a few days after the repair.
I have searched everywhere trying to find a double ended quick connect type connector to fix this problem but no luck. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading.