Relationship between jacks and slides?
In most regards I feel like a captain who knows every inch of his ship and knows what sounds it should make and can intuitively tell when something's awry. But there's one system that I just can't und...
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dedmiston wrote: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.
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.
