Video Transcript for Complete Breakdown of the Taylor Made Marine Gas Strut for Boat Hatches-3691871-180

Jeff: Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today, we're going to take a look at this Taylor Made 36 inch long, steel, gas strut for boat hatches. Now this gas strut's designed to replace a worn out or damaged strut on your boat's hatch lid. It's designed to extend, to ease lifting of 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, and it uses a corrosion resistant coating, which won't rust, even in saltwater areas.

Now it is a ball and socket installation. It attaches to the ball studs on the inside of your boat's hatch. And the connection type is a 13 millimeter ball socket with the spring C clip. And it does install easily in minutes. There's no special tools required.

I'm going to zoom in here, just so we can look at what I'm talking about.You can see there's the socket. And then the C clip is what goes around here. What you want to do to install this, or actually to remove it, you'll just pry this C clip just like that. And it'll rotate around and you can see once it rotates around, it will slide out and then you can remove it from your ball and socket. Put it back on your ball and socket.

Then all you have to do is just take the C clip, slide it back in over the ball and socket, and then push it back around and it clips in place, and we'll hold it into place. Very simple installation and removal.Now, when you do install this, you do want to make sure that this inner rod portion right here is facing down and it is always recommended to replace gas shocks and payers. The length on this from the center of this ball socket to the center of this is 36 inches. The compression force is 180 pounds and it is for a quantity of one strut. But that should do it for the review on this Taylor Made 36 inch long, steel, gas strut for boat hatches..