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Jun 14th, 2018, 08:19 | #1 |
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Cheap gas struts for dog guards
One of my dog guard gas struts failed, which seems to be a common problem based on other posts on here. But, as I don't actually have a dog, I didn't really want to spend much money on replacing it and considered removing the guard instead. However, I found these gas struts at the very reasonable price of £1.79 each, so I have fitted an 80Nm version and it works fine.
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Jun 14th, 2018, 12:08 | #2 |
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The proof of the pudding will be service life.
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Jun 14th, 2018, 16:53 | #3 |
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If the original strut has 2 ball joints how does the cheapie one fit ?
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Jun 15th, 2018, 07:51 | #4 |
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The new strut has the same type of ball and socket joints as the original so it just clips into place. See attached photo.
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Well done for finding them at that price,who cares if they only last a couple of years buy a spare set just in case two minutes to change 👏
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Jun 15th, 2018, 16:14 | #6 |
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Whoops ,checked the ad again and realised I was looking at the bottom fitting ! didn't notice the ball joint ! Will be ordering 2 tomorrow , Thanks for the info .
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