ACEngineering
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Main lift ram on a 634 is £1300. I have just done one. Have also replaced 2 telescopic rams on different machines this year @ £1000 each. All 3 had a crack just as the steel supply pipe is welded to the cylinder. Took the telescopic rams to a local ram fabricator. They examined them and said that they could not repair them and get them to pass a pressure test. With the lift ram we just changed it didn't want to risk anything.
When you start asking questions it is surprising how many manitou rams get changed.
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MLT parts are cheaper the MLA stuff Manitou don't sell a lot of so it tends to be more expensive especially if its the last of stock as they don't really want to reorder stock like rams and other model specific items etc for them now as too old.