T&T: emergency steering

[Peter Bennett]

Thursday, January 18, 2007, 8:46:07 AM, Balamar wrote:

Bac> I have a capilano hydraulic steering system.  I broke out my emergency
Bac> tiller and thought about how to use it.  Somehow I have to disconnect the  ram.  I
Bac> had a thought, could I just open the bleed screws in the manifold,  would that
Bac> take the pressure off the ram?
Bac> George

Yes, somewhat, but oil would squirt out the bleed screws every time
you moved the tiller.

A better solution  would be to install a valve in parallel with the
cylinder - open the valve to allow oil to flow freely between the ends
of the cylinder as you steer.  Close the valve for normal operations.


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Peter Bennett, VE7CEI    Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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