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iaff284

10-29-2019 04:53 PM

Hydraulic steering cylinder stop

Hey all,

I am doing a full hydraulic steering install this winter and have a question regarding the cylinders. Is it necessary to install internal cylinder stops? I know the power steering pump should relieve around 1500 psi. If the cylinder extends to the point that the drive limits its travel and activates the pressure relief valve will it damage the drive? Or will the pressure relief valve prevent damage to the drive? Thanks in advance!

Griff

10-30-2019 01:49 AM

The rams should be mounted so that when one is fully extended, then the other is fully retracted.
The drive can turn farther than any rams that I've seen will allow.

iaff284

10-30-2019 06:02 AM

Thanks Griff, So I am assuming that in a single ram setup the ram is the limit not the drive travel?

Griff

10-30-2019 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iaff284 (Post 4712853)

Thanks Griff, So I am assuming that in a single ram setup the ram is the limit not the drive travel?

Correct.

Tinkerer

10-30-2019 07:52 PM

If the drive stops the rams before the rams bottom out it will break something before the relief valve opens.
There was a guy on here that hooked the hoses up wrong and both rams extended when he fired the engine and it broke the gimbal ring.

Griff

10-31-2019 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkerer (Post 4712949)

If the drive stops the rams before the rams bottom out it will break something before the relief valve opens.

Yes, that would happen, but there are no rams that I know of with enough rod travel to move the drive that much.

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