"Scotty" scribbled thusly:
Do you know what exactly was wrong with the cylinders? Did
he know beforehand that they were not right?



OzOne wrote:
They weren't strong enough and broke.
I believe they thought they were to spec.


Are they 100% positive the rams weren't up to spec? Is it
also possible that the spec was undershooting for the loads?

But as for the supplier not giving you the right stuff, I'm
sad to say it happens all the time. In most cases it's
because they've been gypped themselves, not because they're
trying to con anyone.

The only way to be sure is to establish your own test lab,
buy 10 of them, test 9 to destruction and draw up a graph,
then install the 10th one with full knowledge of what it
will take.

That's really really expensive. Not even the America's Cup
guys do it that way. Shucks, even the U.S. Gov't (the worlds
heavyweight champion money spenders) doesn't, except in very
special cases.

DSK