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Originally Posted by jgannon
In 2007, we naively ran the 3/4" bore cylinders in our AM shifters at 60psi. The spring pins sheared before ship date. I'd estimate that we didn't shift them nearly as many times as a typical kicking system would be expected to fire, so I'm surprised to hear that people are doing this successfully. Has the design changed?
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You're supposed to shim the shaft so the dog can't actually touch the face of each gear. Not sure if you did this.
We've never sheared a pin after a few seasons of use; We later switched to bolts (which were actually weaker), and still haven't sheared any.