This is the prototype piece. Just bolted it onto a truck today to check fitment.
So, after having struggled to find what I wanted in a hydraulic cylinder and coming up empty handed, I decided to offer a hydraulic cylinder designed specifically to work with our arms. This is what we came up with.
It's a 1.5" bore, .75" nitride rod. Stroke is 5 1/8". -6 oring fitting bosses with 5/8" heim joints on each end.
So, why the 5 1/8" stroke. With our arms that short stroke is just right. You cylinder stops the travel just the smallest amount before your steering stops make contact. So, now, your cylinder is the stop. This remedies a common problem we see a lot from our customers. If the cylinder isn't at full travel when your steering stops make contact, you will put enormous pressure on the top half of your knuckle and eventually something has got to give. Worst case scenario there is a broke knuckle.
Another big benefit of the short stroke, it actually fits completely between the leaf springs. With one of our high steer mounts and a tie rod clamp, you can have all the adjustability you need yet not have the cylinder or tie rod clamp running into interference with you leaf spring or spring plate.
Obviously you can get an off the shelf cylinder with 6" of travel and put some internal stops in the cylinder but that limits the travel, it doesn't shorten the length. You still may have interference issues with the leaf spring and or spring plate.
The other feature that makes this cylinder a bit different, the nitride rod is better at resisting corrosion from road salts or chemical ice melting agents. In the Midwest we deal with corrosion caused by these things all the time. If you're in that same boat with us, in your neck of the woods, you'll appreciate the corrosion resistance offered here.
That's pretty much the jist of it. Soon as we can get some testing done, we'll have them up on the website. As well as some attractive package deals.
