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 120 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.
Jeff: Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a look at this Taylor Made 20-inch long stainless steel gas strut for both hatches. Now, this gas strut is designed to replace a worn-out or damaged strut on your boat's hatch lid. It's designed to extend to ease lifting your hatch lid, and it'll compress to gently close your hatch without slamming.Now, this shock is constructed from a highly corrosion-resistant 316 stainless steel, which makes it the best selection for use in any of the harshest marine environments. It is a ball and socket installation that attaches to ball studs on the inside of your boat's hatch.
And the connection type is a 10-millimeter ball socket. Just want to zoom in here so you can look at it. There's your 10-millimeter ball socket size, and basically it easily installs in minutes. There's no special tools required.What you have to do to install this, as you can see on the side here, there's a cap on top and there's a couple openings. What you'll do is stick a little screwdriver in the opening and just pry.
And then once you get it up enough, just take your hand and your pull it all the way up. You don't want to pull it out. It just goes up enough. And that releases the tension on these clips in here. And then you'll just push that over the ball and it will clip it into place once it's onto the ball, then you just lock it by pushing down on that.
So very easy installation. And it's the same on either end.Now when installing this, you do want to make sure that the inner rod is always facing down and it is recommended to replace these gas shocks in pairs. Now the total length, the length will always be measured from the center of one ball socket to the center of the next one. So if we go center to center, there's your 20-inch measurement. The compression force on this, it is a high pressure shock, so it's 120 pounds and it is for a quantity of one strut.
But that should do it for the review on the Taylor Made 20-inch long stainless steel gas strut for both hatches.
Customer Satisfaction Score:
85% were satisfied with this product
15% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
I wanted to update the struts on my RV bed. Original ones would not hold the bed up for me to access the storage area underneath. So I wanted to increase the 'Force' rating of the struts. However, I was concerned with 'too much force' on a wooden structure. So, I increased the force by 10 lbs with these new struts. These work really well. Highly recommended.
Great fit. Perfect replacement strut for a Chaparral SS rear bench seat engine cover/sunpad.
Fits perfect. Works well.
Needed to replace several boat hatch struts on a 2008 cruiser. etrailer had the right parts and the phone support to help me sort my older boat. Well done.
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!!
Replaced a hatch strut on a 2015 Stingray. Exact match and perfect fit.
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.
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