If your tool box lid, bed cover, or boat hatch keeps closing when you need it to stay open, it's time to change your strut. Replace it with this universal fit gas strut and make your lid operate like new again. Quick, tool-free installation.
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Note: Always replace your struts in pairs, where applicable. Most lids, covers, or hatches have a strut on each side. Failure to replace both struts can result in a warped or damaged hinge.
Gas Strut with Exceptional Stability
Most gas struts consist of a tube filled with pressurized nitrogen gas, a piston, and rod. The Atlas Lift strut, however, has a dynamic damping groove inside the tube that regulates gas movement across the piston. This ensures your tool box lid, bed cover, or boat hatch stays open when you want it open and shuts slowly without bouncing or slamming. Lastly, in contrast to struts that only have gas in the chamber, a few drops of oil have been mixed in to help seal the piston and lubricate the rod. This allows your lid to move more smoothly as the rod travels in and out of the tube.
How to Find the Right Gas Strut for Your Application
Determining which gas strut is right for your application is easy. All you need to do is remove your worn-out strut and locate the force printed on the side of the tube:
Then, pull the rod out so it's fully extended and take the following measurements:
Additional Tips
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi there, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna take a quick look at this Universal Gas Strut Lift Support Arm. This is gonna replace one lift support arm for your truck cover, boat hatch, toolbox, or other application. This will extend out to hold, help hold your lid or hatch open. It's also gonna give you a little bit of assistance as you're opening it up and then it is going to gently compress while closing so that you don't have to worry about your hatch slamming shut potentially catching your gear or fingers in there. So it is gonna be a really nice component to have working properly for you.
So if your current one is not functioning properly, this would be a great option for you. This does have these 10 millimeter nylon ball sockets that are going to connect to your 10 millimeter ball studs. Just snap right in place and give you a nice firm connection. The distance from the center of one ball socket to the center of the other is going to be 8 and 7, sorry, 18 and 7/16 of an inch. That's just under 8 and a half inches.
And when we have it compressed, it's gonna be about 10 and 11/16 of an inch. So our stroke here is going to be 7 and 3 quarters of an inch. Gives us that amount of movement that we need. This does have a compression force of 42 to 52 pounds which is equivalent to approximately 187 to 231 newtons. This does also feature a dampening technology that's gonna help provide a nice, smooth operation and eliminate that bouncing and jumping that you sometimes get with other similar products.
It's going to ensure a nice frictionless movement whether you're out in the snow, in the cold or if raining or sunshine, all weather environments, it's gonna have a nice smooth frictionless movement for you. This steel shaft is coated with a nitride coating. That's gonna help resist corrosion. So it's gonna hold up really well for you, give you a nice, durable, long lasting performance. And it does also come with a limited lifetime warranty.
So if you we're to have any problems with it, you're more than welcome to reach out to us here at etrailer.com. We're always happy to work with our customers. But overall, I think this is gonna be a great option for you. If you are needing that 18 and 7/16 or approximately 18 and a half inch extended length, 10 and 11/16 retracted length with that 42 to 52 force pounds of force for your compression. This is gonna do a great job. That completes our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching..
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (14 Customer Reviews)
If your tool box lid, bed cover, or boat hatch keeps closing when you need it to stay open, it's time to change your strut. Replace it with this universal fit gas strut and make your lid operate like new again. Quick, tool-free installation.Great selection. Had what I needed. Quick delivery.
These worked fine during warm weather, however, when it got cold they quit working and would not hold nor lift the glass lid. These have been replaced with factory units.
just took longer then expected .
So far so good. We will see if they last another winter here in Colorado. The struts we have had in the past seem to fail in the winter time.
They worked perfect. Glad I made the purchase at etrailer
Very fast processing and delivery , just what I ordered . Highly recommend !
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