2012 RTL top storage compartment won't stay open - any easy fix?

[Tonylmiller]

I have to use one hand to hold it open if I'm loading or unloading. Is there an easy fix?

 

[Partzman23]

Try this for holding up your rear trunk lid. I have one on mine and it does the job. Easy to mount also.
https://www.canamspyderaccessories.com/rt-2010-2019-3d-printed-rear-trunk-holder/

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Replace the gas strut. Search for trunk gas strut. You should find several discussions about it.

 

[Elwood58]

I replaced the gas strut. It was an easy installation. Check YouTube.

 

[Peter Aawen]

I have to use one hand to hold it open if I'm loading or unloading. Is there an easy fix?

If you really want 'easy' &/or cheap, you could always use a rod or bit of wood cut to the right length to serve as a prop - measure from an inside bottom corner of the compartment up to the same corner's inside top of the lid while it's open to get the max length for your prop.

OR maybe even just clip a spring clamp onto the top edge of the lower half of the compartment once it's open - then move the clamp right back along the edge until it's handle hits the underside of the lid! .

There's potentially lotsa cheap & easy ways if you put some thought into it; but for my 2 bob's worth, I'd be replacing tghe strut! hyea: . There's probably even a thread here already that has a part number if you want to search for 'trunk; + gas; + strut' & then do some light reading (there's only 2 pages of results! :shocked: )

Over to you. :thumbup:

 

[Tonylmiller]

Thanks for the responses. The way it is made, I could not see what was going on back there.
From now on, I need to search for "trunk" instead of "top storage compartment".

One more thing: I find that if I hold it up for a few seconds, it will stay up. It doesn't raise itself but at least it will stay up. Maybe this weekend I will get a long helical spring and install it over the strut.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

If you really want 'easy' &/or cheap, you could always use a rod or bit of wood cut to the right length to serve as a prop - measure from an inside bottom corner of the compartment up to the same corner's inside top of the lid while it's open to get the max length for your prop.

OR maybe even just clip a spring clamp onto the top edge of the lower half of the compartment once it's open - then move the clamp right back along the edge until it's handle hits the underside of the lid! .

There's potentially lotsa cheap & easy ways if you put some thought into it; but for my 2 bob's worth, I'd be replacing tghe strut! hyea: . There's probably even a thread here already that has a part number if you want to search for 'trunk; + gas; + strut' & then do some light reading (there's only 2 pages of results! :shocked: )

Over to you. :thumbup:

:agree: .... I'm a DIY'er, and don't spend money unless I have to.... So I did what you said in your first paragraph. I added a shaped rod, which attaches to the lip of the trunk. I raise the rod and it goes onto the rubber molding in the Lid. Not fancy but it ALWAYS works. Cost ? ... almost zero...... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Deanna777]

I replaced the gas strut. It was an easy installation. Check YouTube.

I replaced my gas strut arm on the back of my trunk on my 2014 RTS-SE6 ( current spyder) I had the same the problem on my current spyder.

Deanna