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Re: Modifying Parker Cylinder
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Originally Posted by Adam Krajewski
The brake on the van door motor can be used to provide a slight amount of back-drive resistance, but it will NOT be able to handle a large load. It will eventually fail. Any design utilizing the brake should be followed VERY cautiously.
We had not planned on using the brake on the motor. In fact, I didn't know it had a brake on it. Does that brake have to be disabled? How do we go about doing that? We had simply planned on using the motor to drive our swing arm. Is there another motor that would be stronger/better to use?
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