So I was installing new gas lift supports (gas springs) in the Matrix to keep the hatch up. Now the hatch won't stay up at all. Is there a particular way to break them in, or anything else that I'm missing?
So I was installing new gas lift supports (gas springs) in the Matrix to keep the hatch up. Now the hatch won't stay up at all. Is there a particular way to break them in, or anything else that I'm missing?
They are rated in strength as well as length. You may have bought some that are too weak.
Yeah, the ones you bought are not the right ones for that application. Or they are bad.
Pop them in and walk away. If they are not working, they are for a much smaller hatch.
There is a joke about not being able to keep it up in there somewhere...
It appears that I ordered the parts for an Echo Hatchback instead of for a Matrix. Whoops. Oh well, live and learn.
Blah da da! The more you know. Imagine a picture of "the more you know" script and a shooting star going though.
Just saved myself the process of saving and posting a picture here.
I once replaced the expensive struts on my 318ti with much cheaper struts for a chevy blazer... they worked great, if you had the arm strength to close it.. but for half the price, I was willing to put up with it
mad_machine wrote: I once replaced the expensive struts on my 318ti with much cheaper struts for a chevy blazer... they worked great, if you had the arm strength to close it.. but for half the price, I was willing to put up with it
Reminds me of my friend's EK-chassis Civic hatchback. He had a carbon fiber hatch on it with stock struts. Had to be careful when you opened it, because it would break your nose.
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