Do I need Filters on the bottom Ports of my SMC Cylinders?

Hey all,I just got my new SMC Cylinders and will be recieving the rest of my equiptment from Ricky at WhyNot next week... however...

The bottom Ports of all the Cylinders are wide open... do I need to get Filters for those ports? Or will they be fine?

I'm just worried that those ports may suck in a bunch of crap with going up and down?

Thanks all!

Would be a good idea, but I never had any when I ran cylinders, and I ran cylinders for about 3 years with no problems.

Originally posted by cuzican



Would be a good idea, but I never had any when I ran cylinders, and I ran cylinders for about 3 years with no problems.

i didnt have my cylinders that long but while i did i didnt have any kinda filter and they were ok.

I HAD MY CYLINDERS FOR 2 YEARS AND NEVER HAD FILTERS,YOU SHOULDNT HAVE NO PROBLEMS..

i've heard both, the people that run the filters obviously say that you need them and the people that don't run them never have a problem... go figure, lol

theyre usually pretty cheap.. if there's any worry, i'd say why not?

what types of filters do you guys use on these?

i can't seem to find anyplace right off hand that sells them or a pic of them. but they're lil cone like shaped metal filters, the ones i've seen are like a copper color. They're durable and the don't slow down the airflow....

yea i been wantin some cause i got a tiny peice of sand or somethin in one of mine and it ate in the cylinder wall and caused a slow leak but i only found one place and they want 16 bucks minimum shippin.. the filters are made by parker so who deals with parker valves i need some filters

could just get some brass nipples and put a mesh or something on it, kind of ghetto but it'd be dirt cheap

Edited: 8/3/2006 6:10:53 AM by BaggedTeg

Truckin.com sells them there real cheap I run them on my integra and there adjustable to how much air can come out of them so you can adjust your ride quality.... realisticly you don't need them but there good to have