6 Gas strut help please

Caz1960 wrote:

creativetux wrote:Thanks Mike,

Was curious, a solid wood side would have to weight to it I guess!

yep the trailer is allot larger than the 4/5 and the sides are heavy ...but easier to lift as they have two gas struts on each side which makes life easier lifting and lowering now that mine are working

Helen wrote:I don't have a 6 but recalled Mike posting a picture of one of his strutts so here it is, there should be four of them to help lift the walls. Looks like this one is hidden inside the wardrobe when all set up.

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Caz1960 wrote:[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] this is one on the kitchen side and on the same side at the end of storage box/settee thought I had photo's of it but sorry can't find it

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this one is door side and the same in the storage/settee on this side
don't know if this helps but if your like me its easier to see them in place.. check that you have the marks were they might have been as on mine they were removed by the previous owner.. the one thing I would say once you have your struts in box them in so that when you put things in your storage box that they don't wedge the struts

Phoenix wrote:Hi vnuala,

We have just looked in Dylan which is up in the drive at the moment. The only strut that you would see marks from would be the one where the wardrobe is/was which is fixed with a bracket, see Mikes picture Helen put on. The other 3 are fixed by bolting on to a captive nut welded on the edge of the side wall, do you have those nuts? Do you have slots cut out of the under kitchen cupboard and seat cupboards where the struts would go down into? If so yours would probably have had them at some stage.

Tow Itch wrote: Can someone measure off the attachment points.
i.e. The wall is x away from the nearside door opening and y up the wall

The floor is x away from the door (hopefully both x's are the same) and z away from the wall.

It would give you an idea of the attachment points.

Phoenix wrote:We will have a measure up and take some pics for you sometime this week as Dylan is still up in the drive.

Caz1960 wrote: mine is still in storage but when she is out will take pictures and measure but think phoenix would be quicker

Phoenix wrote:We have had a measure up of our struts and they are as follows.

The wardrobe bottom fixing from the side to the middle of the rose joint is 2 5/8". We will call this measurement X for Mr Itch and the likes of.
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The height of the top bracket from floor to the center of the pivot is 23 5/8" or 60cm.
We will call this measurement Y.
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This top bracket is 7" from the side of the door.
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The other strut on this wall is:
X = 3 1/4"
Y = 23 3/4"
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You can hopefully see from the last picture how this strut is fixed to the side of the wall. We think there is a nut welded on to the side of the metal frame work which the ball of the rose joint screws into. You should we think be able to use a bracket the same as the top joint of the wardrobe strut and rivet it to the frame work. Would recommend using good strong rivets though.


The Kitchen side struts are fixed the same as the one above and are:
X = 4 1/8"
Y = 23 1/2".

These 3 struts are at extended length from center of rose joint to center of rose joint 23 5/8", or 60cm long. From center of rose joint to end of casing (end of pencil) is 13".
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We didn,t remove the wardrobe one but in situ extended it measures from center to center 23".


Hope this is of help to everyone. wow thanks so much its a pity you dont live in liverpool i would pay you to do mine great pics and really clear.