Tie rod support for hydraulic hammer

A method of operating a hydraulic hammer comprising:

• providing a front head having a nut pocket, the nut pocket having a side opening, a top of the nut pocket coupled to a tie rod bore and a bottom of the nut pocket having a cavity;
• inserting a tie rod nut into the nut pocket;
• inserting a tie rod into the tie rod bore;
• capturing the tie rod via the tie rod nut;
• and
• inserting a structure mechanically coupled to the tie rod into the cavity that limits movement of the tie rod nut in a direction of the side opening.

A mounting apparatus for a head of a powered hammer comprising:

• a front head having four rectangular side faces;
• four nut pockets, one nut pocket formed at each corner joining the four rectangular side faces;
• four tie rod bores, a respective tie rod bore provided from a top of the front head to each nut pocket;
• a cavity formed at a bottom of each nut pocket, each cavity opposite the respective tie rod bore in each of the four nut pockets;
• a plurality of tie rod nuts, one tie rod nut inserted into each of the four nut pockets;
• a plurality of tie rods, one tie rod inserted into a respective one of the four tie rod bores, each tie rod mechanically attached to a respective tie rod nut;
• and
• a structure mechanically coupled to the tie rod that engages the cavity and opposes motion normal to a longitudinal axis of the tie rod.