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Basically when our mast was all the way at the up we "maxed" (missed the x before) out on the stroke of the cylinder rather than hit a hard stop on the frame.
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Originally Posted by Randy Forgaard
That's a great idea as well. We could potentially replace the cylinder with one that has a somewhat shorter stroke, to prevent the slamming at the top.
We'll do that. Thanks again!
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A hard stop on the cylinder will probably not be any less problematic than a hard stop on the frame (it will still "slam"), and is very hard on the cylinder itself.
It is always easy to shorten the working length of a cylinder. Simply add a spacer between the clevis and the nose of the cylinder, so that it bottoms out externally on the spacer instead of internally on the piston. You can always use a cylinder that is a little longer than needed with this technique, but you can't get more stroke out of a cylinder that is too short.