Air Grabber Actuator Dimensions Help

[Jippz]

Hey folks, I am wondering if someone that has an air grabber actuator can get me measurements of it?
I need total length of the canister, diameter on the end and diameter of the middle and either side of the middle would be nice too, and the length of each "half".
Here are some pics sort of showing what I am after.
I am going to use an electric actuator but I would like to put it in a housing that "looks" like the factory actuator.
If someone has an old bad actuator that they would part with I would be interested in that too.
Thanks for the help.

 

[mbc0724]

Hey folks, I am wondering if someone that has an air grabber actuator can get me measurements of it?
I need total length of the canister, diameter on the end and diameter of the middle and either side of the middle would be nice too, and the length of each "half".
Here are some pics sort of showing what I am after.
I am going to use an electric actuator but I would like to put it in a housing that "looks" like the factory actuator.
If someone has an old bad actuator that they would part with I would be interested in that too.
Thanks for the help.

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Overall canister length: 3 inches; diameter on the back end: 2.5 inches; diameter on the front end (where the lever and bellows are) 2.5 inches; length from rear end to seam in the middle: 1 9/16" (very close to 1.5); length from seam in the middle to the front end: 1 7/16 inches; the bulge in the center of the canister is about 1/2 inch wide.

I do not have diameter of the middle because I would have to open it. I may have a cracked open one in the garage and will get back to you on that. The circumference around the middle is: Just about 11 inches--or slightly less (10 15/16?). Maybe you can calculate the diameter from that.

Are you building an electric because you cannot find one?

 

[Jippz]

Overall canister length: 3 inches; diameter on the back end: 2.5 inches; diameter on the front end (where the lever and bellows are) 2.5 inches; length from rear end to seam in the middle: 1 9/16" (very close to 1.5); length from seam in the middle to the front end: 1 7/16 inches; the bulge in the center of the canister is about 1/2 inch wide.

I do not have diameter of the middle because I would have to open it. I may have a cracked open one in the garage and will get back to you on that. The circumference around the middle is: Just about 11 inches--or slightly less (10 15/16?). Maybe you can calculate the diameter from that.

Are you building an electric because you cannot find one?

Wow thank you for all of the info!
As for why electric… I know from reading the vacuum stuff can be a pain… also I have an A/C car so the canister cannot live in the normal location. So I decided to go with electric and make it look the part as close as I can.

 

[mbc0724]

Wow thank you for all of the info!
As for why electric… I know from reading the vacuum stuff can be a pain… also I have an A/C car so the canister cannot live in the normal location. So I decided to go with electric and make it look the part as close as I can.

Good luck and keep us posted on how it works out.

 

[Jippz]

Good luck and keep us posted on how it works out.

Prototype v1

 

[mbc0724]

Prototype v1

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Wow--that is nice work. Looking good.

 

[Biopack]

What electric motor are you planning on using? I’m considering the same.

 

[HawkRod]

Interested to see what you come up with - the repair parts have dried up and reproductions (from what I understand) fail very quickly.