Seat gas strut fitting

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viz007
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Post Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:08 pm

Hello all. Does anyone have any tricks they can share on how to compress a seat gas struts so they are easy to fit. I've tried brute force and managed one but the other needs to be compressed a lot more and I'm really struggling.
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BHadley
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Post Tue Jun 09, 2015 11:57 pm

Back of a claw hammer. Care and patience avoids a&e
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Post Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:41 pm

Thanks what exactly do you do with the back of the claw hammer?
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Post Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:57 pm

Push down strut !
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Post Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:06 pm

Hmm OK thanks I'll give it a try tonight!
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Post Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:53 pm

Worked for me...
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