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After blown Wotty this weekend we also found Maelstroms cylinder 'sleeve' got dented and thats what was jamming the flippers.
So we need to somehow find a new sleeve. Its 76mm internal bore with 5.76mm wall thickness and 255mm long Aluminium.
We think it must have been custom made and we had a quick check on web but cant find any obvious suppliers of suitable tube came close at 1/4 inch wall 76mm O/d).
The 'ram' itself is fine as well as the 'end caps' just the cylinder body itself is just a gnats widget out causing the bind. Tempted to maybe get it skimmed but then have the job of getting a decent seal on the piston which we need for up and down of ram to return flippers.
Apart from Kenny making us a new one anyone (! assuming he would) got any ideas / solutions /advice where we might get something close? Maybe fire extinguiser body could be machined down to form a new sleeve but not sure what size they come in internal diameter wise.
Cheers Ian
So we need to somehow find a new sleeve. Its 76mm internal bore with 5.76mm wall thickness and 255mm long Aluminium.
We think it must have been custom made and we had a quick check on web but cant find any obvious suppliers of suitable tube came close at 1/4 inch wall 76mm O/d).
The 'ram' itself is fine as well as the 'end caps' just the cylinder body itself is just a gnats widget out causing the bind. Tempted to maybe get it skimmed but then have the job of getting a decent seal on the piston which we need for up and down of ram to return flippers.
Apart from Kenny making us a new one anyone (! assuming he would) got any ideas / solutions /advice where we might get something close? Maybe fire extinguiser body could be machined down to form a new sleeve but not sure what size they come in internal diameter wise.
Cheers Ian
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