Gas Spring Installation
What is the proper way to mount a gas spring, strut up or gas body up?
I've heard both ways.
I've heard both ways.
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Home Skillet wrote:
Yeah, my thought too.
WOW. I guess the majority of shock absorbers are mounted incorrectly.- WOW. I guess the majority of shock absorbers are mounted incorrectly.
- Most of the gas springs I've noticed are mounted with the body at the bottom. Just what I've seen.
Chris Bryant wrote:
Gas body up, keeps the o ring lubed.
Correct. It DOES matter.- Gas body up, keeps the o ring lubed.
- Doesn't matter.
More of a clearance issue, to determine orientation.
