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Old 08-18-2013   #22
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Default Re: Vacuum pump

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Originally Posted by zig View Post
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Scott - I also flipped my actuators and one wouldn't open all the way. Turned it back around and it was fine.
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You can't just flip it. you have to flip it and bend the L bracket such that it pulls straight. The problem with leaving it where it "looks wrong" is that one (next owner or me if I forget) would be tempted to flip it later.
Every time you look at it, it's going to look wrong.
Now mine looks correct and opperates correctly.

This being backward/upside-down is all fairly well understood and there is testimony from the facory workers as this being the way the factory installed them to opperate without stickintg. That there is no doubt to.
My hack/change/modification/kludge to the system is to avoid confusion later by removing the visually upsetting alignment.
Leaving it looking funny but working ok is just fine for most I think.
Each to their own.
Some (few) even see fit to rip out the entire system because it's too hard for them to keep working properly. I think that's pretty funny.
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