I am struggling to rig the support for a cabin hatch and am frustrated by the several Gas struts I've bought so far.
Is there such a thing as a long stroke strut? The struts I have all have strokes that are essentially 1/2 the compressed length.
For example, The Attwood struts I have now have a 5.25" compressed length (measured ball socket to ball socket) and a total stroke of 2.5". Total expressed length is just under 7.5".
What would be great is a strut that is about 7.5" compressed length with a 4 or 5 (or longer?) inch stroke.
Does such a strut exist?
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02-16-2010 05:24 PM32' Fever (Off to Syracuse) and 36"Gladiator; FORD powered
Cause somebody has to!
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02-16-2010 05:40 PM
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02-16-2010 06:36 PM
Hydraulic damper
Last edited by MarylandMark; 02-16-2010 at 06:42 PM. Reason: spelling
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02-16-2010 06:52 PM
Yea, I'm seeing the same thing. I'm guessing in this length, there isn't much strength with it extended that far out?
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02-17-2010 09:28 AM
If you go to Advanced or autozone they will have a bunch of different gas springs you can measure.
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02-17-2010 02:25 PMDon't know if this will help, but you can try Suspa in Grand Rapids, MI
http://www.suspa.com/
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02-18-2010 02:23 AM
Mcmaster-carr has a huge selection. This is a link to the first page of about 6 pages of them.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#gas-shocks/=5v7c26