Poorly Designed Compressor

A Cambell Hausfeld air compressor that wouldn't build pressure past 40 PSI. The "ring" in the pump had failed.
I personaly think that this is a flawed design overall.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Cambell
• Hausfeld
• compressor
• pump
• ring
• fail

[30GB]

omg its so shit good ones have rings and a moving connecting rod and oil id rather junk it and get another pump and keep the tank

[SmallEngineMechanic]

Yea it is a bad design, and if it were me I would spend the extra money and get one of better quality. But I was just fixing it, and got paid for it!

[1944johndeerel]

but the design seems less than perfect tell me the piston and cyl arent plastic?

[SmallEngineMechanic]

No, the piston and cylinder are not plastic, that would just make me laugh. Although I still think this is a fundamentally flawed design, not only "rocking piston" but also the fast that the piston, crank and cylinder are directly exposed to the elements (dust, dirt, moisture)

Your Gast compressor, is it oil lubed or oiless, it surely doesn't have an open crankcase does it?

[SmallEngineMechanic]

Ok, I see in your video that your Gast vacuum/ compressor appears oil lubed and completely enclosed. It also appears to have significantly less voulme then the CH I am working on, size may matter. The design may be sound on a smaller scale. Or it could just be the fact that your compressor is of significantly higher quality that a CH. The guy who owns this CH probably got it at Walmart.

[HRVAT1975]

I had a Cambell Hausfeld , thing freak'n blew up.. piston/rod shattered into pieces and went flying everywhere... very dangerous

[mrmeanr]

All oil less compressors have a one piece piston. By making a 1 pc cast, you eliminate the extra time and man power to properly install a wrist pin and snap rings. Thats why the can sell them so cheap. Very little assembly involved.

[walkingfreak]

what a chinese piece of shit it seems like that is a terrible design jackass design

[lasttry666666]

yep a pile of shit they cut every corner out and its not a good lasting set up my dad and i have one and it sucked to use the it blew the rod bearing messed it up bad now we took it and put a real comp and motor on the tank , made a mount to bolt it on and wow it halls even at 26 gal it rocks, it keeps up to our air tools very well . but the best thing is now it sooo silent when it runs .

[pete200000]

i have a craftsman 4 gallon 2 hp pancake oil-free compressor my dad gave me,that's about the same design as the one you repaired,hardly keeps up with my impact tools,looking to upgrade to a 240 volt 60 gal husky professional oil lube air compressor very shortly.

[BOBKB3NZX]

they work fine if NOT run in constant duty cycle, they were never built to do anything commmercial

[diymania]

Fucking piece of shit design indeed.

[1944johndeerel]

my gast is infact oilless and has an open crankcase! their is a fan on both ends the connecting rods mount directly behind each fan!! but is enclosed in a metal air schroud!