Short of taking it apart to fully relax the spring pressure, I assume you mean to simply try and move the piston around by placing the screwdriver pressure on the piston rack? It's the only thing I have access to through the port on the bottom of the cylinder so I am guessing that's what you are referring to?
If so, then I seem to have no movement...or at least none that I can tell.
Regards,
'Fly
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Originally Posted by mcguyver
You can tell if your cylinder is going to be an affected one.
When the cylinder is at rest, take a small flat blade screwdriver and try to push the piston around. If it moves up and down, on the order of 1/8" or so, it is bad. The internals can be salvaged, just get a replacement shell.
If you have on that has been used, but are unsure, tear it down and look at the top of the piston. If it shows wear on the top surface at the back, it is an indicator it is slopping around and that wear comes from the aluminum core at the end of the piston chamber.
Not all cylinders are bad, some have been good from all accounts and some bad.
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