Moving Gas struts

[dlscott185]

I had the same problem when we first received our 380th a year ago. Then we had to have that door replaced because the too-strong struts caused it to come apart. When we got it back, they had mounted the struts even lower. So I remounted them and put them as high as I could with out hitting the slide. Worked like a charm. Closes cleanly and gave me a little more room to get at the auto leveler pad easily.

p.s. That door can get by with 2, 30 lbs. struts, it doesn't need the 60's that were on it.

[beeje]

I did exactly what you want to do. First make sure the struts are not fully retracted when the door is closed. Crawl through from the other door to check. If they are not you can simply unscrew and reinstall upwards to gain more head room. Be carefull!!!. I only moved mine up like 3/8" to gain 6 more inches of head room