if you're lazy and cheap like me, carry a small vice-grip pliers and clamp
at the base of the cylinder when fully extended. and then you've got an
extra vice-grip pliers around when you need them, anyway.

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 9:36 PM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com> wrote:

> > http://www.busdepot.com/251829332hd
> >
> > Ron,
> > Do you happen to know the pound force these HD struts exert?
>
>
> The German manufacturer lists it as 610N (about 138 lbf), which is about
> twice the rating of the stronger of the two original struts. (The original
> configuration called for one stronger and one weaker strut.) That being
> said, there seems to be some variation in the accuracy of claimed specs
> between brands, as I have tried some cheaper aftermarket struts that looked
> similar on paper but in actual use were clearly weaker. So either those
> were
> overrated or these are underrated, I'm not sure which. In any case they do
> about the maximum job that you would want them to do.  Much stronger and
> the
> hatch could be difficult to close.
>
> - Ron Salmon
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