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AirMike

Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Posts: 514
Location: Nevada

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: Door - Gas Strut Installation

A fellow RV10'er has some problems installing the gas strut opener.

There were two issues:

1. Due to the pressure, it twisted the door after it was installed making  the careful door fit less perfect than it was prior to strut installation.

2. The Vans suggested dimensions (per the fabricated piece) seem to be too short and the gas strut once installed and fully compressed in the closed position was at it's full limits of closure (and maybe beyond those limits by a couple of 100ths of an inch



I am not too worried about the door opening too high, but I am worried about hypercompressing the strut and eventually needing to replace it



The Question: What do you think about extending the placement of the door brackets 1/8"to 1/4" lower on the door to counter the potential for the above problem

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AirMike

Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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Location: Nevada

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: Door - Gas Strut Installation

Since I did not hear from anyone (and I am type A personality) I gave it a shot and installed the gas strut. I dropped the door brackets down exactly 1/4" from the plans and whalla it worked perfectly.

The bracket protrudes a bit over the door but the operation is flawless.

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