RBI HYDRAULIC BREAKER USER MANUAL

Piston Removal
▲CAUTION!
Handle these components with care. Damaging them will
cause breaker malfunction.
1) Install a lifting eye into the top of the piston.
2) Lift the piston straight up and out of the cylinder.
NOTE: Avoid scratching the piston’s polished surface.
Tapping the cylinder with a soft-faced mallet may ease the
removal of the piston. The seal bushing will come out
with the piston.
3) Place the piston and seal bushing on a clean protective
surface.

4) The piston should be carefully cleaned and inspected for

corrosion, cavitation, pitting, and scoring.
5) Check the grooves in the piston for metal that has been
pulled-in due to galling. If this has occurred, clean the
grooves. Small marks can be removed with an oilstone or
fine emery cloth and oil. Check the corresponding mating
part as well and treat in the same manner.
6) Look for pitting and deformation of the impact face. This
indicates that the tool has been operated with too much
wear on the tool bushings.

7) If the face is dished, carefully measure the amount of deformation.

8) Thoroughly clean and dry the piston to protect it from dirt then set it aside.
9) If the piston is not going to be installed immediately, coat it with oil and store it protected in a
clean, dry place.

If the piston face is scuffed, finish it with a buffing grinder, then 800-1200 grit emery cloth.
IMPORTANT: When using a buffing grinder, apply the flap wheel around the circumference of the
part only. If applied along the axis, roundness of the part will be affected.
Wash the parts after finishing them.

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