Custom Fit Gas Strut - Rear Window

Video Transcript for Atlas Lift Gas Strut Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Blazer

Hi, Matt with etrailer. And today we're talking about our Atlas Custom Fit Gas Struts on our 2002 Chevrolet Blazer. Now this is gonna be able to fit a lot of different vehicles too. What I recommend doing though, is just plugging in your vehicle's information into our fit guide to find which one's gonna be the best fit for you and fit you correctly. But the main appeal to this is this is gonna be something that's gonna make your life just a little bit easier because when you are using these, a lot of times if you don't wanna push it up all the way, or if yours are kind of wearing out on you, they're gonna not hold themselves up. And if they're not hold holding themselves up and you need to reach into the back of your car, that's gonna be kind of hard to do because that's constantly gonna be applying pressure to the top of you.

You also wanna make sure that you're getting the correct ones because today we're talking about the back window. Now there are gonna be different versions that will work for your hood, or if you have a hatch, those will be other options. And they're all gonna work pretty much the same. The way they're gonna work is you're gonna have, inside of here, there's gonna be these wipers that keep the inside of this greased, so it's gonna last you a long time. And it's gonna help propel these up and hold 'em into place.

And it's also gonna prevent this from slamming shut too. (window slams) And something you wanna think about too is, when you are replacing one of these, is you probably wanna replace both of 'em. And that's gonna be for a few reasons. The first reason is if one's going bad, they're both are probably going bad, especially if they are the OEM parts. And the second part is if you have one of two different brands or one of two different awarenesses of how long that you've had 'em, it's probably gonna operate differently.

So if I go to try to shut this or open this up, they're probably gonna work a little bit differently and not give you a good smooth, gradual lift. To give you an idea of what we have at the moment before we actually put the new ones on. You can see that this is really falling in on itself a lot more and while it does have some pressure to it, it's not really holding itself up. So that's gonna be one of the main reasons for replacing this today too. Actually installing these is gonna be pretty quick and easy.

I installed one of them off camera just so it would hold itself up, so it's a little bit easier to show you guys. There's not a whole lot to 'em. Now if you want a more in depth look at how these really do function and what makes them so smooth they'll operate. You can actually check our demo where we do a full description on how this works. But as for the installation, it's actually pretty straightforward. All you need is just a flathead screwdriver and it goes on there pretty easy. And the nice thing is if you installed one of these on one type of vehicle, it's probably gonna install very similar to another vehicle too. But if you're curious to see what that process looks like, just stay tuned and we'll walk you through the process. So what you want to start with is actually with the old one. And what you wanna do is just check the part to make sure it doesn't have any additional parts to it that your kit doesn't have. So what I like to do is just hold 'em up side by side, make sure we have that retaining clip, this bracket up at the top and make sure we have that on the other side too. Everything looks the same so we can actually start putting this on. When everything looks good, I'm just gonna take my flathead screwdriver. You probably want a smaller one for this too. And apply pressure underneath that retaining clip. And you're just trying to pry this up. Since our new kit already has some of these, we won't need this either, so I can fully remove this, move it somewhere else. Sometimes it's gonna want to grab on, not be removed, just kind of work with it some, it'll come off. After you remove this one, you just come down to the bottom and remove the second one. And when you are removing those clips, just make sure you have a hand on this, just in case it falls out, 'cause sometimes it will. And I'm just gonna pull on this, might have to wiggle it some. it'll remove from that ball mount. Just do the same thing on the other side. And you're good there. You want to try to keep it in the same position right here. Now if both of yours are gone bad, it won't hold itself up. Even with the new one on the other side, it still isn't wanting to hold itself up. But from this point, I'm gonna push it the rest of the way up, make sure it's in the same orientation as it was before. And we actually don't need to do anything with this clip this time. We just need to push it onto that ball mount. So, just gonna apply pressure (part clicks) so it clicks into place. Then we come to the bottom, you notice this isn't lined up. I'm just gonna rotate this so everything does line up for me, and then push it in. (part clicks) Just like that. After when you have it installed, just give it a good test, make sure everything's operating correctly. It's wanting to shut pretty smoothly (window bangs) and it's gonna open up by itself too. And once that looks good, that'll complete our look at the installation and some of the features of the Atlas Custom Fit Gas Struts for your rear window on our 2002 Chevrolet Blazer. Thanks for watching.