When my wife smacked her head on an overhead cabinet door she asked me to fix it. Very easy to install. My cabinet doors height are 10" so I measured 3/4" down from the hinge side and 7/8" from the right edge. Removing the doors and drilling pilot holes made is easier and prevented cracking the wood. After mounting the strut to the doors with the 2 short screws I reinstalled them, swung the bottom of the strut down with door full open and drilled another pilot hole for the long screw. Yes it does come with the screws required to complete the job. Happy Wife Now!P.S. I decided I'd post how they were installed because there aren't any instructions included and I've read other camper owners ask how to do it. The main thing is the amount of movement the rod has that determines where to mount on door and leaving room to fit the cabinet opening.

Nice job.....probably should have been installed at the factory in the first place.

I could use some for my under bed storage... Nice job with doors.

Mine open sideways and I've run into them before.

My RV came with similar struts to hold the doors open from the factory. It's a very handy thing to have, and it does looks like a nice installation here (and probably with a bit better quality hardware).If you get the positioning correct, they can go over center and help keep the cabinet doors shut, too, possibly obviating the need for the friction catch.

Nice Job, thats been on my list for awhile now too.Dan

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jerryjay11
Explorer
Dec 16, 2017
SidecarFlip wrote:
Mine open sideways and I've run into them before.

That would be known where I come from as a "Hurts Donut."
jerryjay11
Explorer
Dec 16, 2017
I am use to doing minor to major repairs on our past TT so these mods are a breeze and gives me something to do.
jerryjay11
Explorer
Dec 16, 2017
mat60 wrote:
I could use some for my under bed storage... Nice job with doors.

I've done them already though dimensions in the instructions didn't work for me so I had to use the "Trial and Fail" method until I got the sweet spot to hold the bed platform up without the struts lifting it all the time.
jerryjay11
Explorer
Dec 16, 2017
In answer to DrewE it just so happens I got lucky and they do pull the doors closed as I close them. Still gonna keep the factory installed latches though, just in case the support fails in the future.

Also there are a lot of things I would liked to have had installed by Heartland, but I am sure it would have affected the price and since I am very capable I save the labor and inflated price of parts. I also installed grab rails on both entrance doors that the Mfg. could have installed.
Hammerboy
Explorer
Dec 16, 2017
Nice Job, thats been on my list for awhile now too.

Dan
DrewE
Explorer II
Dec 16, 2017
My RV came with similar struts to hold the doors open from the factory. It's a very handy thing to have, and it does looks like a nice installation here (and probably with a bit better quality hardware).

If you get the positioning correct, they can go over center and help keep the cabinet doors shut, too, possibly obviating the need for the friction catch.
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Dec 16, 2017
Mine open sideways and I've run into them before.
mat60
Explorer
Dec 16, 2017
I could use some for my under bed storage... Nice job with doors.
downtheroad
Explorer
Dec 15, 2017
Nice job.....probably should have been installed at the factory in the first place.

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