Sorry steve, misread your post. You’re nit looking to add another strut, but to get an adjustable. The only adjustable I’ve seen are those that de gas to arrive at the correct lifting force, or those that have adjustable stroke length. Be nice to find ones that can be gassed up. Alistair > On Jun 24, 2019, at 7:42 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote: > > Thanks for all the great info. > > I guess I should choose struts that work best for my most common use > cases: zero bikes and one bike. Best would be that the hatch stays up > with one bike on it, and doesn't fly open too fast and isn't too hard to > close with zero bikes on it. (Leave it closed for the rare trips with > two or three bikes.) > > Anyway, it's often impractical to open the hatch with the bike rack > folded out, because it requires a lot of overhead space. > >> On 6/23/2019 10:28 AM, Dan N wrote: >> it would be nice if someone design hatch struts that can be adjusted on the >> fly... > > I think I read something about how to install adjustable struts to the > pop top by adding a second ball fitting. I'll have to look for that and > think about how it might be applied to the hatch. |
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