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Replace 1 worn or damaged ball-and-socket gas strut from your boat's hatch lid or compartment door. Stainless steel won't rust or corrode, even in saltwater. Strut measures 20" long and offers 40 lbs of force.
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This gas strut is made of heavy-duty stainless steel, which is highly resistant to rust and corrosion, making it great for freshwater and saltwater use.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today, we're going to take a look at the Taylor Made 20 inch long stainless steel gas shock. Now, this gas shock is designed to replace one worn out or damaged shock that's on your boat hatch. This is a stainless steel construction, so it provides maximum corrosion resistance. It is perfect for high saltwater areas. This does install easily in minutes. There's no special tools required to install this.
When you do install this you always want to make sure this rod portion, the inner rod portion here, is facing down. It is always recommended to replace these gas shocks in pairs. Now, the connection type on this shock is a removable 10 millimeter ball socket.I'm going to zoom in here just to show you how you would install this without any tools. Show you some details. You can see there's the ball socket.
Basically, to install it all you do is pull up on this cap right on top of here. When you pull up on that far enough what'll happen is it'll release the pressure on those four tabs on the inside, and allow you to push that onto your ball socket. Once it's popped onto the ball socket push that cap back down, and that'll put tension on it to hold it into place. Pretty easy to install. Don't have to worry about using any type of tools to install it.
Length on this. The length is always measured from the center of this one to the center of this ball socket. If we take a tape measure, and we go center to center there's your 20 inch measurement for the length. The output force on this is 40 pounds. That should do it for the review on the Taylor Made 20 inch long stainless steel gas shock..
Ratings & Reviews
Perfect replacement
Worked well to replace cabin door hatch lid strut on a 2005 Hydra Sports 212 WA. Had to move the top mount back about 3/4" to allow the lid to close completely, but when the original part is no longer available, this is the way to go.
I used them to make a lift system for a pontoon rear lid. I rebuiilt a 1988 pontoon. The Gas Struts make it much eaiser!!!
Did a bit of research on how to install these shocks via [online video] and ordered this product and installed in my rod lockers. Great products all around, was offered support but did not need it (got lucky). I need to fish more but so far so awesome.
2008 Grady White boat needed a new hatch lift. Boat manufacturers are not like automobile manufacturers, and many times the customer is on his own to find older parts. This was a perfect fit for the worn out gas strut. Even thought the force was 10 pounds lighter than the original part, it works fine. I was most pleased as the size and connectors fitted perfectly to effect a quick sure fix.
These struts worked phenomenal. I should have added them to our food trailer years ago. We retrofitted a 1972 Shasta Go Tag Along trailer and used real pine wood for a nice warm look. The side windows we cut into her were made of 2x4, plywood and pine wood. They were extremely heave and difficult to open. The struts were added and now they slowly open with by themselves. They are easy to close and only take one hand. Should have added them years ago!!
Exact match for a compartment door on a 2016 Unity Leisure Travel van. Speedy shipping as well.
This gas strut for our boat hatch works perfectly. I received this faster than I thought I would and it was very well packaged. I have ordered things before from etrailer and have always had great results and service! I'm sure there will be other things I will need down the road for our boat...after all...you know what BOAT stands for don't you? It stands for "Bring Out Another Thousand"! :) When it comes to anything else I need....this IS the company I will order from.
Thank you etrailer for your service.
Comparing this to the usual steel gas strut is like day and night. Seems well made, and looks great. More important is my review if etrailer. When my order did not arrive, I sent them email. Shortly, I was notified that it was being tracked. When tracking did not find it, I emailed etrailer again. They expedited delivery of a replacement.
perfect for my toolbox lid.
The struts work great on my motorhome. Customer service was very good when I bought the wrong ones the first time! Thanks etrailer
These worked well for my project. I was putting a concession stand style hatch in the basement wall that separates our play area from the living area. It took some research and a few tries to get them installed at the correct angle. I wanted the hatch to almost, but not quite touch the ceiling.
They were returned due to the wrong size ball mounts. Customer service was nothing short of excellent.
Just what I needed
Worked great on our boat hatch. Always a great experience using etrailer.com when purchasing items for our truck and boat.
I'm hoping this does the trick.Had 30 lb on before went to 40 lb on boat hatch.Installed perfect and seems to work better .Different brand but seems exactly the same install.So will see how it works out if it does I will be ordering another.Came fast and in perfect shape.Thank you!
Shock worked great on my Ranger bass boat.
I would like to thank Abigail J. for her excellent and timely customer service.
Well made and can withstand wind gust that are not real strong
This is how the strut was delivered?????
Well will see how it works.
As always, etrailer delivers a great customer experience. In this case, not only worth a fastest, but in this case they were the only supplier I could find for this particular product, which is usually European.
They always get me my stuff quickly, and I use their website websites videos constantly to purchase and install travel related items. They are welcome discovery in my life.
Great fast service
Product worked as expected and shipped quickly even with the virus.
Excellent service. Excellent parts
looks like excellent product. Not installing from scratch, replacing existing struts that I have that are worn out and do not support the hatch.
I purchased stainless strut in lieu of painted steel.
Replaced a hatch strut on a 2015 Stingray. Exact match and perfect fit.
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Alastair
5/27/2025
A year on and it still functions as it should.