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 10 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.
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Hello, everybody. This is Geoff at etrailer.com.Today, we're going to take a look at this tailor-made 20" long stainless steel gas strut for boat hatches. Now, this gas stride is designed to replace a worn out or damaged strut on your boat hatch lid or compartment door. And it'll extend to ease lifting your hatch lid and it does compress to gently close your hatch without slamming. This one is made of a rust-proof 316 stainless steel which is ideal for freshwater and saltwater applications. And it easily installs in minutes.
There's no special tools required. It is a ball and socket installation. Basically attaches to the ball studs on the inside of your boat's hatch or compartment door. And when you do install this rod, you do want to make sure that the inner rod is always facing down and it is usually recommended to replace these gas shocks in pairs.Now the connection type, I just want to zoom in a little bit on this so we can talk about it. If you notice it is a 10-millimeter ball and socket connection.
And when you go to remove the old one and then install it, what you want to do is just get a small flat tip screwdriver and if you'll notice this cap on there, there's four cutouts on each side, you can put your small flat tip screwdriver in there and pry up on it. It'll pop that cap up. Once that cap pops up, it'll release the pressure in there. Then you can remove it from the ball socket. And do the same on the other end.
And then when you go to install this new one, same way, just pry up this cap so it pops up. It doesn't have to come off, just pop it up. And then you'll go and push this onto the ball socket and then push that cap down and it'll lock it into place.Total length on this. Let's go ahead and measure that. And that length is always measured from the center of this ball socket to the center of this one.
If we put a ruler on that, you're going to be right at 20" inches for the length. The compression force on this is 10 pounds and it is for a quantity of one shock.But that should do it for the review on this tailor-made 20" long stainless steel gas strut for boat hatches.
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