Good evening everyone. Can somebody recommend a place to purchase a couple live swivels for my skidder. I need one for my Gearmatic 119 and a Can Car 20. Parts are interchangeable between winches, however I have been told the small OEM swivels are $560.00 Canadian plus taxes and shipping. Does anyone know of an after market one that may work and can be sent to Canada? I am In desperate need to get up and running. Thanks.
What is a live swivel? Heck, what is a can car 20? Part number?
Can Car is a make of a winch on my Treefarmer C-5D. It is almost identical to the Gearmatic model 9, 19 or 119. A live swivel replaces the small hydraulic tube in the winch which provides fluid to operate it. Part number is 53685.
So, you need one of these... And Parker and others make similar ones, but, the threads need identified to see if an equivalent is out there.
That is what I need. I was hoping that somebody has already went through Parker hydraulics or similar businesses so I could get a part number. Thanks.
Biggest issue I see is the one pictured has left handed thread on the stem. It looks rebuildable, though.
It isn't left hand thread.
My apologies. It is left hand thread.
We've always called those roto seals
Another name is a rotary union. Most people involved in the forestry field know them as live swivels. I did track one down which was cheaper through Radwell International. I also discovered that MRO Supply carries what I needed as well. Appreciate your help.