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Re: AM Shifter Question

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Originally Posted by 1502 View Post
It's a possibility

Mike: The system will be pressurized when it's in use so that shouldn't be an issue. I'm not sure what parts we will have but whatever we have a full (or closest) set of we'll probably ending up using. We are good with servos, but our team seems to struggle with pneumatic's though so I'm pushing it.
Consider using spring return cylinders. That way, when you lose pneumatics, the cylinders will automatically shift into neutral.

We have done the same when we wanted a transmission to shift into neutral. We tried it in 2010, but found we didn't like the drag on the kicker (the kicker had to spin the shaft to unroll our winch line).