If your tool box lid, bed cover, or boat hatch keeps closing when you need it to stay open, it's time to change your strut. Replace it with this universal fit gas strut and make your lid operate like new again. Quick, tool-free installation.
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Note: Always replace your struts in pairs, where applicable. Most lids, covers, or hatches 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 tool box lid, bed cover, or boat hatch 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 lid to move more smoothly as the rod travels in and out of the tube.
How to Find the Right Gas Strut for Your Application
Determining which gas strut is right for your application is easy. All you need to do is remove your worn-out strut and locate the force printed on the side of the tube:
Then, pull the rod out so it's fully extended and take the following measurements:
Additional Tips
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi there, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a quick look at this universal lift support arm. This is a gas strut that's gonna replace one lift support arm on your truck cover, boat hatch, toolbox, or other application. It will extend to hold your lid or hatch open and then gently compress so you're not slamming your lid or hatch closed, potentially catching your fingers or damaging equipment. So this is going to fit onto your 10 millimeter OEM ball-stud fittings. We've got the 10 millimeter nylon ball socket connectors here that are just gonna snap in place on those ball studs.
Our length from the center of one ball socket to the center of the other is right at 19 11/16th of an inch. Our compressed length is approximately 11 and 7/16 of an inch and our stroke here is 8 1/4 of an inch. This is going to have a compression force of 75 to 85 pounds, which is about 333.75 to 378.25 Newtons. This does feature dampening technology that's gonna provide a nice smooth operation that's gonna eliminate your bouncing and jumping, ensures frictionless movement in all weather conditions. Our shaft here does have a nitride coating that's going to help resist corrosion, make sure you have a nice long-lasting performance and then it is a steel construction under that nitride coating.
So it will last you nice long time, be very durable for you. This does come with a limited lifetime warranty. So if you are needing a 19 and 11/16 of an inch long support arm with a 75 to 85 pound compression force, this is gonna do a great job for you. And that completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (13 Customer Reviews)
If your tool box lid, bed cover, or boat hatch keeps closing when you need it to stay open, it's time to change your strut. Replace it with this universal fit gas strut and make your lid operate like new again. Quick, tool-free installation.These worked fine during warm weather, however, when it got cold they quit working and would not hold nor lift the glass lid. These have been replaced with factory units.
just took longer then expected .
So far so good. We will see if they last another winter here in Colorado. The struts we have had in the past seem to fail in the winter time.
They worked perfect. Glad I made the purchase at etrailer
Great selection. Had what I needed. Quick delivery.
Very fast processing and delivery , just what I ordered . Highly recommend !
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