Guides
Short notes on maintaining and replacing hydraulic breaker parts.
- When should a breaker tool be replaced?The tool is a wear part; left too long it also wears the bushings, the retainer key and the piston. Signs that it is time to change it.
- When should a breaker bushing be replaced?Bushings guide the tool. A worn bushing lets the tool work at an angle, and the tool, piston and front head wear early.
- Why do breaker retainer keys break?The retainer key holds the tool in the front head. A broken or bent key is usually the sign of another problem.
- Chisel or moil point? How to choose a breaker tool typeA tool must first fit your breaker model; its type is chosen for the job. The difference between chisel, moil, blunt and pyramid tools.
- How to grease a hydraulic breakerThe tool rubs against the bushings all the time; without the right grease applied the right way, tool, bushings and retainer key wear early. The basic rules of breaker greasing.
- When should a breaker front head be replaced?The front head carries the tool and the bushings and holds the retainer key. Wear and cracks that new bushings do not cure show that the head is due for replacement.