[Yachts]

One of my bus door struts on the fuel bay bent and broke. I'm sure it's an easy fix . Anyone ever done it?

[folivier]

You need one of these handy dandy strut tools: http://newellgurus.com/Thread-Gas-spring...ight=strut
(thanks to Steve Bare for designing this)
They make it an easy 5 minute job. Without the tool it is hard to compress the strut to install it.

[rheavn]

I'll have one with me at the rally. Any one is welcome to use it.

[Airplane Guy]

Forest,
You have a good place to purchase the struts?

[folivier]

I've bought a few from here: http://columbiastruts.com/Gas-Spring-Str...Specs.html
Just need to get the specs from your old strut and match up. Since the fuel bay door is smaller it might be this one: https://columbiastruts.com/Columbia-Stru...0-120.html
The 150# one is used on the larger doors. Not a bad idea to have a few spares.

[qcj]

I had to replace all my struts after I bought my coach. I bought them all from Motor Homes of Texas, and replaced them myself. Most of them were 150 lbs. for the bays and the ones over the passenger and drivers seat I don't remember the poundage but much less. The poundage will be on the side of the struts. Call Allen or Bruce at MOT.

[folivier]

The large bay doors should be 150# struts and the narrower doors should be 120#. The smaller ones on the overhead console doors are 30#.

[encantotom]

i bought mine at the same place forest listed. their prices have gone up quite a bit in the last few years so not sure if they are the best value any more. but they were by far the cheapest when i bought from them

tom

[folivier]

If anyone finds them cheaper please let us know. When I bought mine late last year they were the cheapest price I found.