[AT] Steering cylinder repair

[Dennis Johnson]

Cecil

Cylinders with the piston in the center of the rod are used where designers want the movement and force to be the same when either end of the cylinder is pressured.

If I were designing a steering system I would want to use a cylinder like that so that so the steering wheel have the same number of turns from left to right, and have the same force when turning left as it does when turning right. Some hydraulic valve operators also use similar cylinders.

Thanks
Dennis
 

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> On Aug 30, 2017, at 11:18 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> 
> The TS110 money pit decided to spring a gusher of hydraulic fluid from 
> the steering cylinder this evening while moving hay.  The cylinder is 
> very different than any I have seen, and the leak is from the split in 
> the sleeve on the tie rod end.  It sure looks like the end of the 
> cylinder blew out into the long tube that is threaded to fit the tie rod 
> end.   After looking further, I guess the piston is in the center of the 
> rod and instead of  using a trunnion mount the cylinder uses the long 
> tube at tone end and the piston rod slides into the rod at one end.
> Cecil
> 
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