One Response to “Hood gas struts”

1. admin says:

   November 30, 2009 at 10:21 am

   I replaced my 1990 LS400 struts with OEM replacements @ approx. $75/strut.
   There is a right and left which are not interchangeable.  Each end of the
   strut has the female part of a ball joint.  When you buy the replacement,
   you also get both male ‘ball’ mounts which are NOT shipped inserted into the
   female coupler ends.  These are one-shot deals … once they are inserted,
   they with NEVER come out.  You CAN make a mistake and insert the top male
   ball mount into the bottom female joint (and/or vice versa)… in which case
   you just RENDERED the part useless … $75 out the window!!  I inserted the
   male joints PRIOR to installation, but I suspect that you are SUPPOSE to
   screw the male parts to the hood and engine compartment FIRST and THEN snap
   on the strut.
   

   This whole setup looks to be very Lexus/Toyota specific, and I doubt you
   could modify a replacement without very extensive/equipment/time/expense.

   After ordering the replacements, I saw the garage use a little clamp on the
   strut so that the hood would not shut on his head.  If I had to do it all
   over again, I would just purchase one of these clamps.

   "New Owner" <wdg@[206.180.145.133]> wrote in message

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   > In article <3df69375$…@corp.newsgroups.com> "Randy Taylor"
   > <ran…@zoominternet.net> writes:
   

   > >I need to replace the hood struts on my 92 LS. I keep reading that a
   strut
   > >from Might-Lift can be modified to work, but I can’t find them anywhere.
   Any
   > >advice?

   > Autozone. However, they have to be modified or maybe it’s the old ones
   > have to be cut in some way that to me wasn’t really clear. Something to do
   > with the attachment ball.

   > I wish someone who has done it could give us a little clearer explanation.