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fj12ryder
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dedmiston wrote:That makes sense for how the motor fried.
I'm still having a hard time visualizing the role of the hydraulic fluid in a rack and pinion system. It looks like the motor turns the pinion that moves the slides in and out.
The belly is inclosed and there's a limit to what I can see from the outside, but I still feel like I need someone to whiteboard the whole thing out for me. Now I cannot say they all are like this, but my rack and pinion kitchen and living room slides are pushed out directly by the hydraulic cylinders, the rack and pinion keeps both sides moving equally, as there is just one hydraulic cylinder pushing the slide out. The rack and pinion do no actual work, they just keep things aligned. That's how mine work anyway.
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dedmiston
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fj12ryder wrote:dedmiston wrote:That makes sense for how the motor fried.
I'm still having a hard time visualizing the role of the hydraulic fluid in a rack and pinion system. It looks like the motor turns the pinion that moves the slides in and out.
The belly is inclosed and there's a limit to what I can see from the outside, but I still feel like I need someone to whiteboard the whole thing out for me. Now I cannot say they all are like this, but my rack and pinion kitchen and living room slides are pushed out directly by the hydraulic cylinders, the rack and pinion keeps both sides moving equally, as there is just one hydraulic cylinder pushing the slide out. The rack and pinion do no actual work, they just keep things aligned. That's how mine work anyway.
This just keeps getting interestinger and interestinger. That makes a lot of sense though. Thanks.
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dedmiston
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MFL wrote:You may get better response by posting in the tech section?
Ugh. Those guys are mean. Even the simplest question turns into a wiener measuring contest with that group. Not interested.
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dedmiston wrote:MFL wrote:You may get better response by posting in the tech section?
Ugh. Those guys are mean. Even the simplest question turns into a wiener measuring contest with that group. Not interested.
Lol..lots of chest thumpers over there for sure!![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
My good buddy Howard, above, is a great source of reliable info, that I would trust!
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MFL wrote:dedmiston wrote:MFL wrote:You may get better response by posting in the tech section?
Ugh. Those guys are mean. Even the simplest question turns into a wiener measuring contest with that group. Not interested.
Lol..lots of chest thumpers over there for sure!
My good buddy Howard, above, is a great source of reliable info, that I would trust!
We go way back. He's one of the OG guys from back in the heydays of the Toy Hauler forum. Those were good times.
Hey Howard - I hope you don't take my "questioning" as "doubting". I'm just trying to wrap my head around one of the few systems in our rig that I don't understand. That and the crank-up TV antenna. Logically I know which direction I'm supposed to point it, but empirically my results say to point it 90 degrees the other way.
Anyway, I agree with you Jerry that Howard is worth listening to.
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fj12ryder
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Gosh guys, thank you very much. Not a problem, I'm used to people questioning my answers, only they usually use much worse language, and end up talking bad about my mama. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
Yeah, we do go back a ways.
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fj12ryder wrote:dedmiston wrote:That makes sense for how the motor fried.
I'm still having a hard time visualizing the role of the hydraulic fluid in a rack and pinion system. It looks like the motor turns the pinion that moves the slides in and out.
The belly is inclosed and there's a limit to what I can see from the outside, but I still feel like I need someone to whiteboard the whole thing out for me. Now I cannot say they all are like this, but my rack and pinion kitchen and living room slides are pushed out directly by the hydraulic cylinders, the rack and pinion keeps both sides moving equally, as there is just one hydraulic cylinder pushing the slide out. The rack and pinion do no actual work, they just keep things aligned. That's how mine work anyway.
This ^^^^
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Edit:
Motor/pump... just confused ....
What I was trying to say... Motor/pump possibly fried from low voltage causing higher amp draw.
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