Curing a common problem. Soft Gas Spring on the trunk lid. Scale of 1 to 10, about 7.5.
Drilled gas spring to release remaining pressure. Drained fluid. Flushed to prevent oil contamination when soldering. Used an inexpensive Shrader valve. Prepped cylinder by sanding away paint. Prepped valve by machining away threads and adding a matching curve to mate with the cylinder. Cleaned and flushed again. Soldered fitting to cylinder. Serviced with 30 wt silicone oil. Required 1000 psi gas pressure. Lifts and supports like a new oem Gas Spring.
Honestly, buying new oem would be easier. Never found accurate info on inexpensive replacements.
If the sealhead does not fail, I can recharge the nitrogen as needed.
The coil spring is known to work too. Just tried this. Was not expensive, took about 30 minutes.
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