Jimbo69
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Dunnottar Castle, StonehavenTantallon castle ??
Dunnottar Castle, StonehavenTantallon castle ??
Wheres that ? top photo looks really interesting,are the houses on the left all empty ?
This is it in better weather.Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven
Im about 30 mins away at the momentDunnottar Castle, Stonehaven
What you upto over here Aiden ? If I’d known you could of saved me the delivery on grabIm about 30 mins away at the moment
for those that don't do Faceache .... impressiveThis is it in better weather.
The guy that has the contract for cutting the grass must also have a helicopter to get the kubota onto the lawnfor those that don't do Faceache .... impressive
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Yeah….grew up on it straight from the udder(not literallyYou have seen where milk actually comes from ? ...... and what comes from directly above![]()
what're the threads like cleaned up though ? .. you sure that's M18 and not M16?? .....New ram arrived. Thread fit seems very good.
However I’m not sure 14.5mm of M18 thread is up to the job. Certainly not if they break as often as it seemed from talking to the dealer. Was loctited. @V8Druid ?
Would be easy to redesign to have more thread.
I cleaned them up to test. Yes deffo M18 as I didn't have a tap to clean up the thread remaining when the first one broke!what're the threads like cleaned up though ? .. you sure that's M18 and not M16?? .....
M20 x 2.5'd be a better option, but'd need a new rod then![]()
Not worth it. It took 700 hours to happen. Having inspected the welded one there doesn't appear to be any conflict between my weld and the ram casing, so if it happens again the welded one will go back on.do you have room to fit a second ram over/under, the other way round, and tee them up, so you always have one pushing?![]()
provided the threads are cut to true spec. (which I'm of the opinion that Doob's original wasn't)I have it in my mind that an ISO metric coarse thread at whatever standard they're meant to be for this kind of work (3b?) is designed to achieve 100% axial strength in three revolutions. Realities may of course be different but that's a vaguely book answer to the 14.5mm question.
interesting observation, but possibly not, as the orbital bleeds off excess oil as you steer, so may well be an adequate flow to cope with a second ram ?Not worth it. It took 700 hours to happen. Having inspected the welded one there doesn't appear to be any conflict between my weld and the ram casing, so if it happens again the welded one will go back on.
Presumably that would also double the turns required lock to lock?