Custom Fit Gas Strut - Liftgate
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2004 Chevrolet Astro
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2004 Chevrolet Astro
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If your vehicle's liftgate keeps closing while you're unloading cargo, it's time to change your strut. Replace it with this custom fit gas strut and make your liftgate operate like new again. Quick, tool-free installation.
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Note: Always replace your struts in pairs, where applicable. Most liftgates have a strut on each side. Failure to replace both struts can result in a warped or damaged hinge.
Gas Strut with Exceptional Stability
Most gas struts consist of a tube filled with pressurized nitrogen gas, a piston, and rod. The Atlas Lift strut, however, has a dynamic damping groove inside the tube that regulates gas movement across the piston. This ensures your liftgate stays open when you want it open and shuts slowly without bouncing or slamming. Lastly, in contrast to struts that only have gas in the chamber, a few drops of oil have been mixed in to help seal the piston and lubricate the rod. This allows your liftgate to move more smoothly as the rod travels in and out of the tube.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everyone, Steve here with etrailer. Let's take a look at this custom fit gas strut for the rear liftgate. Folks, this fits a '05 through 2010 Scion tC, and this gas strut replaces one damaged or worn out strut on the vehicle's liftgate. It does feature a dampening groove that's built inside that's gonna help prevent bouncing and give you a smooth operation, no matter what the temperature is. Now, I have a ball socket here, and one on this end. And the way you measure these is center of ball socket to center of ball socket, and I get 17 inches on center exactly.
And as you know, this will help lift the gate for you, the liftgate, and it's also going to help slow it down whenever you are closing the liftgate as well. So it's going to open and give you assistance and it's gonna close and give you assistance as well when you're closing or open it. And it has an internal wiper inside of here that's gonna prevent sticking. It's gonna reduce friction by lubricating this rod with oil as it's doing its compression and going back to its length. It's a quick tool for installation, again, you just pop this over the ball on the liftgate.
And as far as removing the old one off, you got a little kinda spring piece of metal here. You just take a flathead screwdriver and carefully pop that up, that's gonna release it from the ball, and then you can pop the new one in place. Obviously, it's got a black powder coated steel, so you don't have to worry about rust or corrosion anytime soon. And that's gonna wrap up our quick look together at this replacement gas strut for your liftgate. I'm Steven, thanks for watching.
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Fit good
Just called a little scratchy sound when they fully come up but I called about them maybe the sound will go away other than that I’m super happy. Thanks.
Fit perfectly and easy to install.
Great product, installation was very si mple.
Enjoyable customer service.
Perfect fit!
Excellent service!
Great product exact fit. Just wish it would have come with the grommets for the pins.
These gas struts were installed a year ago and are still working perfectly!
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