FA 10 Tilt Cylinder Dimension Needed

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   A while ago I rebuilt the tilt cylinder on our FA 10 - straight blade with tilt.  The shaft was sent away for re-chroming rather than welding the ball on to a new length of rod.

Prior to this the tilt worked as it ought.  After the rebuild I can only get tilt one way.  After much puzzling I'm beginning to suspect that the rechrome place has shortened the rod and made a new thread on the piston end.  If so there was no discussion about that option.  So I need to do a check - without taking the cylinder apart!

So can someone with a similar blade get me a measurement of the rod length at full cylinder extension - front of packing gland to the rear of the ball pivot assembly on the blade - so I can check what I've got? 

If it has been shortened I still get full cylinder travel according to the manual, so ought to be able to make a spacer and add it between blade and pivot assembly.

TIA

Ian

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Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Location: New South Wales Points: 934	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: FA 10 Tilt Cylinder Dimension Needed Posted: 27 May 2016 at 12:00am
	A while ago I rebuilt the tilt cylinder on our FA 10 - straight blade with tilt. The shaft was sent away for re-chroming rather than welding the ball on to a new length of rod. Prior to this the tilt worked as it ought. After the rebuild I can only get tilt one way. After much puzzling I'm beginning to suspect that the rechrome place has shortened the rod and made a new thread on the piston end. If so there was no discussion about that option. So I need to do a check - without taking the cylinder apart! So can someone with a similar blade get me a measurement of the rod length at full cylinder extension - front of packing gland to the rear of the ball pivot assembly on the blade - so I can check what I've got? If it has been shortened I still get full cylinder travel according to the manual, so ought to be able to make a spacer and add it between blade and pivot assembly. TIA Ian

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Ian Beale Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Location: New South Wales Points: 934	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian Beale Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jun 2016 at 2:49am
	Hmmm! Am I the only bloke on this site that has a FA 10 with a straight tilt blade? That might merit unique status - allowing that one derivation of that word is "unis = one" "equus = horse" 10B is the same, my manuals don't go further.