Video Transcript for Feature Review Taylor Made Marine Gas Strut for Boat Hatches-3691843-150

Jeff: Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. So they're going to take a look at this Taylor Made 20 inch long steel gas strut for boat hatches. Now this gas struts designed to replace a worn out or damaged strut on your boat hatch lid or your compartment door. It does extend to ease lifting your hatch lid, and it will compress to gently close your hatch without slamming. It is a heat treated steel construction, which is very durable, does use a nice corrosion resistant coating on it, so it doesn't rust even in saltwater areas.

And it does easily install in minutes. There's no special tools required. It uses a ball and socket installation. Basically this will attach to the ball studs on the inside of your boat's hatch or compartment door.Now, when you do install this, you do want this inner rod facing down. And it is always recommended to replace these gas shocks in pairs.

That connection type again is a 10 millimeter ball socket. And the way you go to install this, actually, the first thing is when you go to remove your old one, you'll take a flat tip screwdriver, put it under the clip on the end, here, pry that clip up and that'll remove the pressure and you can release it from the ball socket. Do the same on this end, remove the old one. And then to put the new one on, same thing, put your screwdriver under the clip, raise the clip up. Again, you don't have to remove the clip, just raise it up enough to release the pressure, put it onto the ball and push that clip back down, it'll secure it to the ball socket.Now the total length on this, which is measured from the center of this ball socket to the center of this one, it's going to be right at 20 inches long.

Compression force on this is 150 pounds. And this is for a quantity of one strut. But that should do it for the review on the Taylor Made 20 inch long steel gas struck for boat hatches.