Return-Path: Received: from hotmail.com (f221.hotmail.com [207.82.251.112]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with SMTP id com for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:00:51 -0500 Received: (qmail 8685 invoked by uid 0); 5 Feb 1999 02:02:26 -0000 Received: from 204.215.233.88 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Thu, 04 Feb 1999 18:02:25 PST Message-ID: <19990205020226.8684.qmail@hotmail.com> From: "ED SIKORA" To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Subject: Dry cycling hydraulic cylinders... Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 18:02:25 PST X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> About to work on the main gear hydraulic cylinder installation and just unpacked the components (in a box for the last 9 years). I was thinking that dry cycling of the cylinders during alignment and installation will cause seals to prematurely wear and contempleated putting a tubing loop from inlet to outlet and filling the cylinder (as best as I could) with hydraulic fluid to luibricate the seals. Has anyone else done so or is there some sort of lube in the AROTEK cylinders so wear during dry cycling does not excessively wear the seals. Thanks for any reply. -Ed Sikora planeman23@hotmail.com L-290 (someday) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com