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Unread 30-01-2014, 14:05
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Re: Help: Torque to Linear force conversion

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
We're using a 3/8" stainless ratchet and pawl. What were you using?
Something similar. I can snap a picture of the assembly and the damage and upload it (either later today or tomorrow) if you'd like.

We were disengaging our pawl to release our kicker, and the primary failure point was the pawl gouging out the ratchet teeth over time.
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