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: Question: Need Help With an Actuator


Glamisboy
02-07-2011, 04:13 AM
Ok, so I have a kawasaki teryx SxS, that we had full doors installed on. The doors are very secure, but after a year of holding them closed with a Jergens Kwik-Lok Pin they are getting harder & harder to pull and remove and re insert. http://www.jergensinc.com/site/sfg_kwik-lok%C2%AE_pins/t-handle/group_no=1350 http://www.jergensinc.com/mainstreet/get_image.aspx?domain=jergensinc.com&image_guid=1747e674-e55f-4bdb-ac66-1ae4e847a740&size=0

My thought is this, I want to add a 12v actuator(??) that would extend and retract a pin with the push of a button. The total stroke, or travel would only need to be about an 1", it is about 3/8" in diameter. The shat needs to be strong so it would not snap or sheer easy under impact.

Where can I find such a device. It could also be air actuated since I do have a compressor, but I think the 12v set-up would be much better.