Author Topic: Longer gas strut for Seat.  (Read 835 times)

kneeslider

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Longer gas strut for Seat.
« on: April 18, 2014, 12:48:56 AM »
Just curious, I would think a longer gas strut for the seat will allow the seat to open up higher.

A bigger opening would help me tremendously as i have a bad back.
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Re: Longer gas strut for Seat.
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2014, 01:33:34 AM »
Easy enough to test out... Remove either end of the cartridge, and see if you can open it to a comfortable level. If that pans out you have two options... In either case you will HAVE to move at least one of the mounting pivots to accommodate the longer "closed length" of the new cartridge  so my thought is you may be able to relocate BOTH mount points to get a better travel, and wider opening.

Maybe???
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Re: Longer gas strut for Seat.
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2014, 12:15:51 AM »
The taller overseas seat for the Downtown allows much wider opening to access the storage under the seat hump. It's quite a bit more expensive than sourcing a strut, but it does make available storage a great deal bigger.  Just an option.  :)
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Re: Longer gas strut for Seat.
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2014, 11:32:29 PM »
Good luck finding one that dosnt cost an arm and a leg though. Cheapest I found was $200 with another $300 for shipping.


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