Excavator Repair, Swivel Joint Rebuild, Yanmar Vio-50.

My excavator blade cylinder is drifting. There are several possible causes. What did mine turn out to be? The most difficult one, of course! The swivel joint, also call a rotary manifold or rotary union. I'd say this is the coolest hydraulic component I've ever seen. Clarification on this video:    • Clarification on Swivel Joint Video   My cap and plug set: https://amzn.to/3TPFSQO. (A nice set, but not enough to do this job. 20 hoses is a lot of caps and plugs. MERCH STORE!: https://www.farmcraft101.com Patreon:   / farmcraft101   Amazon Affiliate Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/farmcraft101 Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/farmcraf... Facebook:   / farmcraft101   Evolution power tools affiliate link: (promo code: Farmcraft) http://aspireiq.go2cloud.org/aff_c?of... Save 5% for yourself and also help out the channel. Thanks! 00:00 Intro 0:39 Testing blade cylinder 5:12 Cylinder test explained 8:12 Re-install blade cylinder 8:37 Hydraulic system explained 11:16 Look at hydraulic components on the excavator 12:51 Testing control cable 14:09 How to test swivel joint 14:39 Testing swivel joint 17:09 Remove swivel joint 24:34 Coyotes! 27:37 Rebuild swivel joint 36:30 Re-install swivel joint 37:02 Confirming repair 38:26 Using excavator! 41:38 Hydraulics on other equipment 44:55 Outro