Hydraulic Steering - Single Ram - HelpAny
04-16-2007 | 02:34 PM
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It took me a little longer than 8 hrs. Make sure you really think this through and have all the tools and misc. parts you will need. That is what slowed me down, the little things.
04-17-2007 | 05:35 AM
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Most systems require you to turn the wheel quite a few turns in one direction to force the oil/air past the check valves back to the resivour then repeat the process in the other direction. It is easy to have a bubble on one side of the piston if not done properly, the full turn is a little odd. Are you sure the ram is at half travel when the drive is centered, I have found instruction measurements to be wrong. I make it a practice of marking the rams center of travel with the drive blocked center before marking and drilling holes.
1. When going straight ahead the ram should not be in the middle of the travel if you want to be able to turn as much to starboard as to port
2. I will take more turns to turn to starboard than to port
3. It will be easier to turn to starboard than to port, since you have more leverage
I would trust the manufacturer to have done the math.
04-17-2007 | 10:27 AM
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noise pollution, I'm planing on adding a hydraulic system to my Prowler. My existing helm was installed with a 20 degree wedge from Sonic to give the wheel less of a vertical position, did you have that and if so how did you deal with it? Also as I recall the original helm was mounted over a fuse panel, did you have any issues installing the new helm? It sure seems you hear of lot's of issues when people add a hydraulic system, are the instructions so poor or does each situation have different variables on each application? Steve
04-17-2007 | 09:29 PM
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noise pollution, I'm planing on adding a hydraulic system to my Prowler. My existing helm was installed with a 20 degree wedge from Sonic to give the wheel less of a vertical position, did you have that and if so how did you deal with it? Also as I recall the original helm was mounted over a fuse panel, did you have any issues installing the new helm? It sure seems you hear of lot's of issues when people add a hydraulic system, are the instructions so poor or does each situation have different variables on each application? Steve
04-18-2007 | 03:20 PM
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Bolts are at 12, 3, 6, 9 o'clock position.
