Video Transcript for A Closer Look at the Taylor Made Marine Gas Strut for Boat Hatches-3691822-10

Today, we're going to take a look at the Taylor Made 10-inch long steel gas strut for boat hatches. Now, this gas strut is designed to replace a worn out or damaged strut on your boat's hatch lid or compartment door. It does extend to ease lifting your hatch lid, and it does compress to gently close your hatch without slamming.So, heat treated steel construction, which is very durable. It has corrosion resistant coating on it, so it won't rust even in saltwater areas, and it easily installs in minutes. There's no special tools required. It's a ball and socket installation.

You attach to the ball studs on the inside of your boat's hatch or compartment door.Basically, when you install this, you do want to make sure that this inner rod is always facing down. It is recommended to replace these gas shocks in pairs, and a connection type fits on a 10 millimeter ball socket.Now, basically to install . Or first, what you want to do is when you go to remove the old one, there's these clips on each end. You'll put a small screwdriver under the clip, pry it up and that will release it, and you just pop it off the ball. Do the same on this side.And then when you go to install it, same way, you'll pry up this lid.

You don't want to pop the clip off. You just pry it up enough to where it relieves the pressure and then push it onto the ball, push the clip back down, and it secures it to the door.Now, the length on this, which is measured from the center of this socket to the center of that socket, it's going to be right at 10 inches. The compression force on this one is 10 pounds, and it is for a quantity of one strut. But that should do it for the review on the Taylor Made 10-inch long steel gas strut for boat hatches.